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American food and game fishes. A popular acccount of all the species found in America North of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture
Toronto ; William Briggs, 1902 - 1 volume grand In-8° (26x19cm), L-571pp., Reliure éditeur toile vert sapin à la Bradel titrée et ornée or au 1er plat et au dos, coins usés, 1 planche détachée. Frontispice en chromolithographie, des figures in texte, des planches de reproductions photographiques et en chromolithographies hors texte
First edition. A comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of American fish species, covering their habits, distribution and culinary or sporting value. The work is enhanced by special chapters on the external characters of fishes, on fly-fishing, a glossary of technical terms, and an artificial key to the families of American food and game fishes. David Starr Jordan (1851–1931), ichthyologist and first Chancellor of Stanford University, and Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932), ichthyologist with the U.S. Fish Commission, were the foremost authorities on North American fish of their generation. A handsome and authoritative reference work, equally prized by naturalists, anglers and book collectors. Vaste et richement illustré panorama des espèces de poissons d'Amérique du Nord, couvrant leurs mœurs, leur répartition géographique et leur intérêt culinaire ou sportif. L'ouvrage s'enrichit de chapitres spéciaux sur les caractères externes des poissons, sur la pêche à la mouche, d'un glossaire des termes techniques et d'une clé de détermination des familles. Jordan et Evermann, ichtyologues de premier rang, étaient les plus grandes autorités de leur génération sur les poissons nord-américains. Ch-2B
American food and game fishes. A popular acccount of all the species found in America North of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture
Toronto ; William Briggs, 1902 - 1 volume grand In-8° (26x19cm), L-571pp., Reliure éditeur toile vert sapin à la Bradel titrée et ornée or au 1er plat et au dos, coins usés. Frontispice en chromolithographie, des figures in texte, des planches de reproductions photographiques et en chromolithographies hors texte
First edition (Toronto issue). A comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of American fish species, covering their habits, distribution and culinary or sporting value. The work is enhanced by special chapters on the external characters of fishes, on fly-fishing, a glossary of technical terms, and an artificial key to the families of American food and game fishes. David Starr Jordan (1851–1931), ichthyologist and first Chancellor of Stanford University, and Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932), ichthyologist with the U.S. Fish Commission, were the foremost authorities on North American fish of their generation. A handsome and authoritative reference work, equally prized by naturalists, anglers and book collectors. Vaste et richement illustré panorama des espèces de poissons d'Amérique du Nord, couvrant leurs mœurs, leur répartition géographique et leur intérêt culinaire ou sportif. L'ouvrage s'enrichit de chapitres spéciaux sur les caractères externes des poissons, sur la pêche à la mouche, d'un glossaire des termes techniques et d'une clé de détermination des familles. Jordan et Evermann, ichtyologues de premier rang, étaient les plus grandes autorités de leur génération sur les poissons nord-américains. Ch-2B
The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-Like Vertebrates found in the Waters of North America, North of the Isthmus of Panama. Part IV (With the Plates).
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1900. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine worn and with tears to hinge, but covers not loose. This Part IV has the the Indexes, plate-descriptions to the entire work (101,(176) pp.) together with all the 392 plates. Last plate browned in margins, 2 plates with a large inkspot, otherwise clean.
(Smithsonian Institution. Bulletin of the United Staes National Museum No. 47, Part IV).
The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-Like Vertebrates found in the Waters of North America, North of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II (of 4).
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1898. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine worn. XXX pp. and pp. 1241-2183. Internally clean.
(Smithsonian Institution. Bulletin of the United Staes National Museum No. 47, Part II)
