[Rarebooks] FS: FISHES OF CEYLON, 1834, with stunning hand-colored plates

[Charles Agvent]

BENNETT, John Whitchurch [HAND-COLORED PLATES]. [Hand-Colored Plates] 
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.  A very scarce title. 		$4,000.00

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