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Artist: ALEXANDER LYDON / Author: JONATHAN COUCH 1862 FISH OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS

Print Size: 6.5" x 9.5" / Mat Size: 10" x 14"

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A hand coloured plate from the First Edition (1862-65) of Couch's "History of The Fishes of the British Islands".The plates were drawn by Alex. F. Lydon after drawings by the author and engraved and colour-printed from woodblocks by Benjamin Fawcett and finished by hand. This work is regarded as one of the fundamental contributions to British ichthyology