[Rarebooks] FS: Gorgeous Hand-Colored Plates: FISHES OF CEYLON, 1834

[Charles Agvent]

BENNETT, John Whitchurch [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, with very wide margins, are very nice, 
with a usually faint vertical crease running through most of them but 
not affecting their lovely visual appeal. (#009438)        $4,000.00

See a sample image here:

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