[Rarebooks] FS: Fishes of Ceylon, 1834, with brilliant hand-colored plates

[Charles Agvent]

BENNETT, John Whitchurch FISHES OF CEYLON; A SELECTION FROM THE MOST REMARKABLE 
AND INTERESTING OF THE FISHES FOUND ON THE COASTS OF CEYLON...
London Longman, Rees, et. al. [1834] Second Edition Quarto (10" x 13"). Five of 
the original six parts (lacking Part Six) in original printed wraps with each 
part containing five hand-colored plates except Part One which lacks Plate Two. 
A total of 24 of the original 30 plates are present with a page of text for each 
plate. Included are the prospectuses for Parts Two, Four, and Five. First 
published in 1830, this second edition is unaltered. The plates are absolutely 
stunning with strong, gorgeous hand-coloring heightened with gum arabic and are 
from drawings made from living specimens in the southern part of the island of 
Ceylon. British Museum of Natural History Catalogue p. 130; Wood p. 231: "a 
well-known and important treatise." Chipping to the wraps, with a few loose 
covers and two parts mostly disbound. The plates themselves are very nice, with 
a usually faint vertical crease running through most of them but not affecting 
their visual appeal. Very wide margins, eminently suitable for framing.   $4000
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