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Description
Edward Donovan's enormous artistic output includes fish, insects, birds, and mammals. More artistic than accurate, Donovan etched and colored most of the illustrations.
Names
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1802 - 1808
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KF 1802 90-591
Topics
Fishes -- Great Britain
Fishes in art
Genres
Prints
Books
Illustrations
Notes
Content: NYPL copy bound in 3 v., with title pages to v. 3 and 5 bound out of sequence at the beginning of 2nd and 3rd physical vols. Vol. 5 has imprint: Printed for the author, and for F., C. and J. Rivington.
Physical Description
Extent: 5 v. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Etchings
Hand-colored
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG90-B91444
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11399861
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ec86960-c6c7-012f-d945-58d385a7bc34
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