xxvi, 204 pp. Illustrated with 41 chromolithographed plates of British fresh-water fish after drawings from nature by A. F. Lydon; approximately the same number of wood-engraved vignettes serve as headpieces. (Folio) 37.7x27 cm (14¾x10½"), midcentury brown half-morocco with paper-covered boards finely bound by Julius Johansen, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. First Edition.
Beautiful series of brilliant color plates, mostly of game fish. Previous owner's inscription on flyleaf.