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A History of the Fishes of the British Islands
by Jonathan Couch
Published in London, 1862-65

Original 160-year-old color wood block engravings with some hand-colored finishing

Sheet size: approximately 6.5 x 9.75 inches.


Jonathan Couch
(1789-1870)
A great deal of Jonathan Couch's varied work was published during his lifetime, but his major work was Fishes of the British Islands, published in four volumes between 1862 and 1865. The great work contained 256 water colours and drawings and is of considerable artistic merit as well as being a major contribution to scientific knowledge.

Offered below are original engravings from the 1860's volumes.
Please click on the image to see an enlarged view of the plate.

Elleck

Elleck

Tubfish

Tubfish

$89.95

Piper

Piper

$89.95

Bloch's Gurnard

Bloch's Gurnard

$89.95

Yellow Skulpin

Yellow Skulpin

$89.95

Four-horned Cottus

Four-horned Cottus


Butterfly Blenny

Butterfly Blenny

$89.95

Greater Weever

Greater Weever

$89.95

Wolf-Fish

Wolf-Fish

$89.95

Gattorugine

Gattorugine

$89.95

Blennoid Fish, Shanny, Montagu's Blenny

Blennoid Fish
Shanny
Montagu's Blenny


$89.95

Remora

Remora

$89.95

Hammer-head Shark

Hammer-head Shark

Rashleigh Shark, Broad-headed Gazer

Rashleigh Shark
Broad-headed Gazer


$89.95

Basking Shark

Basking Shark

$89.95

Greenland Shark
Greenland Shark
$89.95

Spinous Shark
Spinous Shark
$89.95

White Shark
White Shark
$89.95

Broad-headed Gazer (XV*)

Broad-headed Gazer (XV*)

$89.95

Toper and young

Toper and young

$89.95

Picked Dog and young

Picked Dog and young

$89.95

Black-mouthed Dogfish

Black-mouthed Dogfish

$89.95

Rough Hound

Rough Hound

$89.95

Nurse Hound Shark

Nurse Hound

$89.95

Starry Ray

Starry Ray

$89.95

Ox Ray

Ox Ray

$89.95

Thornback Ray

Thornback Ray

$89.95

Torpedo Ray

Spotted Ray

$89.95

Torpedo Ray

Torpedo Ray

$89.95

Sandy Ray

Sandy Ray

$89.95

Cuckoo Ray

Cuckoo Ray

$89.95

Bordered Ray

Bordered Ray

$89.95

Shagreen Ray

Shagreen Ray

$89.95

Painted Ray

Painted Ray

$89.95

Sting Ray

Sting Ray

$89.95

Burton Skate

Burton Skate

$89.95

Flapper Skate

Flapper Skate

$89.95

 

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