Jonathan Couch "A History of Fishes of the British Islands" 1862-1868 hand-colored antique fish engravings

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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.

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