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 155+-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 1860s volumes.
Please click on the image to see an enlarged view of the plate.

Elleck
Elleck

Tubfish
$55

Piper
$55

Bloch's Gurnard
$50

Yellow Skulpin
$65

Four-horned Cottus

Butterfly Blenny
$50

Greater Weever
$45

Wolf-Fish
$45

Gattorugine
$55

Blennoid Fish
Shanny
Montagu's Blenny
$55

Remora
$55

Hammer-head Shark

Rashleigh Shark
Broad-headed Gazer
$60

Basking Shark
$70

Greenland Shark
$70

Spinous Shark
$70

White Shark
$70

Broad-headed Gazer (XV*)
$65

Toper and young
$70

Picked Dog and young
$60

Black-mouthed Dogfish
$70

Rough Hound
$70

Nurse Hound
$70

Starry Ray
$75

Ox Ray
$70

Thornback Ray
$75

Spotted Ray
$75

Torpedo Ray
$75

Sandy Ray
$75

Cuckoo Ray
$75

Bordered Ray
$75

Shagreen Ray
$75

Painted Ray
$75

Sting Ray
$80

Burton Skate
$75

Flapper Skate
$75

These 5 web pages of Couch's Fish
are all we have from the 1860s volumes. We do have many more from the 1870s volumes—please enquire if you are seeking a particular plate and we will check our stock.

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