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The trade of sea fish in Utrecht View picture(s) 1 AMPLIATIE op de publicatie tegen het buyten omryden met zeevisch. Gearresteert by de vroedschap der stadt Utrecht op den 5. Maart 1770 en van den stadhuyze (more solito) gepubliceert op den 17. dito. Utrecht, widow J.J. van Poolsum, 1770. 4to. Unbound and unopened. Woodcut coat of arms on title. (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Economy  Fishing  Politics  Trade  Utrecht  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interlarded with unexpected details and anecdotes View picture(s) 2 BILLETS in the Low Countries, 1814 to 1817. In a series of letters. Embellished with coloured plates. London, W. Shackell for J.J. Stockdale, 1818. 8vo. Modern half purple morocco with gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers, uncut. Engraved frontispiece of a 'Dutch peasant' and 3 engraved plates showing resp. a 'Flying bridge' or chain ferry, a 'Shrimp cathcher' and a curious 'Pulpit in the Netherlands', all 4 plates after the original drawings by the author and all handcoloured. (2) 228 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  English  Fishing  Low Countries  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Convolute containing four very rare Veere fishery ordinances, and a manuscript extract View picture(s) 3 COLLECTION of ordonances on fishery at Veere in Zeeland, partly printed, partly in manuscript. Middelburg, Veere, 1746-1774. 5 parts in 1 vol., four printed, one in manuscript. Original boards. With woodcut coat-of-arms of Veere on 4 titles. Full description >> Related Subjects: Commerce  Fishing  Law  Topography  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most spectacular fishes from Hawaii in a leporello book View picture(s) 4 HAWAIIAN FISHES. (Honolulu, James Steiner, c. 1910). Oblong 12mo., 12,5 x 17, 5 cm. Publishers red cloth, gilt title and illustration of a Hawaiian beach on frontcover. 12 beautifully chromolithographs of fishes (ca. 12 x 16cm.), folded in the form of a leporello book (concertina); captions printed in red. Advertisement for the Honolulu Aquarium pasted at back cover. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Fishing  Hawaii  Ichthyology  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the most important works on the Dutch whale- and herring-fishery in the Northern Seas and Greenland View picture(s) 5 HISTOIRE DES PÊCHES, des découvertes et des établissemens des Hollandois dans les mers du Nord: ouvrage traduit du Hollandois par les soins du Gouvernement, enrichi de notes & orné de cartes & de figures a l' usage des navigateurs & des amateurs de l' histoire naturelle par Bernard de Reste. Paris, Nyon the Elder & Sons, Widow of Nyon, 1791-1800. 3 vols. 8vo. 19th century half green shagreen, gilt spine, sides with crowned gilt initials C. L. in centre, marbled endpapers. With 21 folding engraved plates, and 7 full-page engraved plates wth whale-hunting scenes, whale-hunting tools and apparatus, different species of whales and dolphins and other arctic fauna, natives, etc., maps of: Greenland, Nova Zembla, Spitsbergen and J. Mayen Island. XXXVI, 432; 464; (4), 378 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arctic  Fishing  Greenland  Ichthyology  Natural History  Netherlands  Whaling  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two rare accounts of travels to the arctic regions and an important source on whaling, with a frontispiece by Jan Luyken View picture(s) 6 WEERELD, DE NOORDSCHE-. Vertoond in twee nieuwe, aenmercklijcke, derwaerts gedaene reysen. D'eene, van de heer Martiniere, door Noorweegen, Lapland, Boranday, Siberien, Samojessie, Ysland, Groenland en Nova-Zembla. Met beschryvingh van der inwoonderen seeden, gewoonten, overgeloven, gestalte, dragten, en huysen. De koophandel, met haer gedreven. En dwalingh der weereld-beschrijvers, soo in de plaetsingh als uytstreckingh van Groenland en Zembla. D'andere, van de Hamburger Frederick Martens, verright nae Spitsbergen, of Groenland, in 't jaer 1671. Met nauwkeurige aenteeckeningh van de gelegenheyd dese lands, en desselven uyterste deelen. Van de zee, 't ys, de lught, de daer wassende verscheydene kruyden, de sigh daer onthoudende vogelen, dieren, visschen, walvisschen en zee-qualmen. Vertaeld en doorgaens met toedoeningen verrijckt door S. De Vries. Amsterdam, Aert Dircksz. Ooszaen, 1685. 4to. Contemporary vellum, ms. title in ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece by Jan Luyken, 14 engraved full-page plates (numbered I-IV, each with 4 illustrations; E-O), 1 engraved folding world map, 6 engraved double-page or folding plates (A-D, P-Q), and 1 woodcut illustration in text. 4 plates are signed by C. Decker (A-D) and 3 plates signed by J. Harrewijn, dated 1685 ((N-P). The plates depict scenes of the lives of the described inhabitants, animals and plants, whales and whaling scenes. (10), 334, (18) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arctic  Botany  Cartography  Discovery & Exploration  Engravings  Exploration  Fishing  Iceland  Ichthyology  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare complete set of a richly woodcut illustrated children's book on natural history View picture(s) 7 ZOOGDIEREN, DE-, Vogelen en Visschen. Afgebeeld en beschreven voor Nederlandsche Jonge Lieden. Amst., Gebr. Diederichs, 1835-1836. 3 parts in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Orig. boards, with printed title-label on spine. With general title, 3 separate titles, 3 wood-engraved frontispieces, and numerous wood-engravings of animals in text, many full-pagefoto. VIII, 210; X, 187; VIII, 152 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  Education  Fishing  Natural History  Whaling  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With an account on whaling in Greenland View picture(s) 8 (BOREMAN, Thomas, ed.). A description of above three hundred animals, viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents & insects. With a particular account of the manner of catching whales in Greenland. Extracted from the best authors, and adapted to the use of all capacities. Edinburgh, for Bell & Bradfute, and W. Creech, 1797. 8vo. Contemporary calf. 98 engraved plates, of which 97 with 2 or 3 animals and one folding, depicting a whaling ship. (11), 211 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fishing  Ichthyology  Natural History  Ornithology  Whaling  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting sportsman's manual View picture(s) 9 (CUISIN, J.P.R.). L'école du chasseur, suivie d'un traité sur l'oisellerie, la pêche, et les nouveaux fusils de chasse a piston, sans  pierre, a foudre, a système, a foudre fulminante; avec la manière de s'en servir, etc. Paris, Lécrivain, 1822. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. With folding lithographed frontispiece and 9 full-page lithographed plates showing guns, nets for bird catching, fishing rods, etc., and all kinds of hunting and fishing devices. (4), 402 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fishing  Hunting  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The gentlemen's guide to hunting and fishing View picture(s) 10 (FORTIN, F.). Les Ruses Innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prend les Oyseaux passagers, & les non passagers: & de plusieurs sortes de Bêtes à quatre pieds. Avec les plus beaux Secrets de la Pêche dans les Rivieres  & dans les Estangs. Et un Traité tres-utile pour la Chasse. Et la Maniere de faire tous les Rets & les Filets qu'on peut s'imaginer. Paris, Ch. de Sercy, 1688. 4to. Contemp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt. With title printed in red and black, engraved armorial headpiece and large engraved initial to the dedication, and 66 full-page woodcut plates, several folding or double-page, of which 50 illustrate hunting and bird-catching and 16 fishing. (16), 445, (1 blank), 12 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fishing  Hunting  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Amsterdam edition of a popular manual on hunting birds and fishing View picture(s) 11 (FORTIN, François). Les ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prend les oiseaux passagers, & les non passagers:  & de plusieurs sortes de bêtes à quatre pieds. Avec les plus beaux secrets de la pêche dans les rivieres & dans les etangs. Et la maniere de faire tous les rets & filets qu'on peut s'imaginer. Ouvrage très curieux, utile & recreatif pour toetes personnes qui font leur selour à la campagne. Par F.F.F.R.D.G., dit le Solitaire inventif. Suivant la copie de Paris. Amsterdam, Daniel de la Feuille, 1695. 5 part in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed, richly gilt and lettered in gold, gilt binding edges. Title printed in red and black, engraved title 'Les ruses innocentes de la chasse et de la Pesche', 66 numbered plates, 9 of which are folding, woodcut vignette on title, head- and tail pieces and initials. (10), 58, (4); (4), pp. 59-122, (4); (6), pp. 123-186, (4); (4), pp. 187-232, (2); (6), pp. 238-292, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Fishing  Hunting  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Historical work on the Dutch trade and activities at sea, esp. whaling and herring fishery, with magnificent views of the harbours of the Netherlands, including Batavia View picture(s) 12 AA, Cornelis van der (& D.JONG, H. Kobell Jr. & M. SALLIETH). Atlas van de zeehavens der Bataafsche Republiek & die van Batavia  en Onrust. Mitsgaders de afbeeldingen van de haringvisscherij en de walvischvangst. In Een-en-dertig Kunstplaaten naar het  Leven afgebeeld ... En met vermelding van veele bijzonderheden, betreffende den ouden en lateren toestand der Nederlandschen koophandels, visscherijen, traffieken en fabrieken. Amsterdam, L. Maaskamp, 1805. Large folio . Modern three-quarter calf. With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch. (5), VI-XII, 135 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  Fishing  Indonesia  Maritime History  Ships & Shipbuilding  VOC  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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French views on fishing View picture(s) 13 DRALET, Eugène François. Considérations sur l' histoire naturelle des poissons, sur la pêche et les lois qui la régissent. Toulouse, J.-M. Douladoure, 1821. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, blue gilt title label on spine, with blue boards. 116 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fishing  Ichthyology  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A famous series of etchings of fishes View picture(s) 14 FLAMEN, Albert. Icones diversorum piscium tum maris tum amnium, ad  vivum delineati, et in aes ab eodem artifitiose incisi. Figures de plusieurs sortes de poissons tant de la mer, que de l'eau douce. Desseignez et gravez sur le naturel. Paris, Van Merlen, 1664. 2 parts in 1 vol. Oblong 4to. Contemporary strong vellum, blind-stamped, red-stippled edges. With 68 finely engraved plates on freshwater and sea fish, divided into 6 series, the first an introductory series consisting of an engraved general title set within a border of entwined fish, engraved dedication leaf to the Marquis D'Illiers with his coat-of-arms against a sea-scape with fishing boats and a series of 6 fine engraved plates of still-lifes with fish, followed by two series of 12 fine engraved plates each, showing freshwater fish, all plates with titles underneath, the first series headed by an engraved half-title, dedicated to Monsieur Fouquet, set within a richly designed border with fish and snakes, and the second series headed by an engraved half-title showing a river view, followed again by three series of 12 fine engraved plates each, showing sea fish, all plates with titles underneath, the first series headed by an engraved half-title, dedicated to Guillaume Tronson with his coat-of-arms, and set within a richly designed border of sea monsters, the second series headed by an engraved half-title with a sea-scape and a border of entwined sea fish and snakes, and  the third series headed by an engraved half-title, dedicated  again to Guillaume Tronson with a view of fish in the sea and a large monogram in centre, all plates and fish vividly designed after nature and engraved by Albert Flamen. 68 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Fishing  Ichthyology  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fish of Scandinavia View picture(s) 15 FRIES, B.F., C.A. EKSTRÖM and C.J. SUNDEVALL. Skandinaviens Fiskar. Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söners forlag, (1892-1895). 2 text vols. and one atlas vol. Large 4to. Contemporary half calf, spines ribbed and gilt. Many lithographed illustrations of fish and details of fish in 2 text vols. and 55 chromolithographed plates in atlas vol. with beatifully depicted fish, mostly 3 to one page. Drawn and lithographed by W. von Wright assisted by Erdman, Thornam and others. Plates are intrerleaved with the original blue tissues. (8), 566, (10); (6), 671 (pp. 568-1279), (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fishing  Ichthyology  Scandinavia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Herring fishery and foreign relations, from the library of Professor Vrolik View picture(s) 16 GEVERS DEYNOOT, W.TH. Specimen oeconomico-politico-juridicum inaugurale, de Magno sive Halecum Piscatu Belgico, (Haringvisscherij). Leiden, J.W. van Leeuwen, 1829. Nineteenth century half blue morocco, spine ribbed and gilt. (6), 116 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Fishing  Ichthyology  Law  Universities  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Teaching children how to spend their spare time View picture(s) 17 KAISERER, J. Beschäftigung für die Jugend in ihren Erholungsstunden. Ein Handbuch für Aeltern und Erzieher; worin Anleitung gegeben wird, wie man Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Fische, Insekten und Würmer fangen, Pflanzen einsammeln, und diese sowohl als jene für ein Naturalienkabinet zubereiten, und in denselben aufbewahren könne; u.dgl.m. Wien, Anton Pichler, 1802. 8vo. Half calf, with title-label on spine. With 4 engraved plates with illustrations and figures  on how to catch birds and fishes, and on how to catch and prepare butterflies. XVI, 326 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Children's Books  Fishing  Hunting  Manuals  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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What you need to know about whaling View picture(s) 18 LECOMTE, Jules. Pratique de la pèche de la baleine dans les mers du sud. Le Havre, S. Faure for J. Morlent, 1833. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers, uncut. With an engraved vignette by Dujardin after Lecomte on title depicting a whale hunt. XVI, 280 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Fishing  Pacific  Voyages  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two Greek classics on hunting and fishing printed by Raphelengius in Leiden View picture(s) 19 OPPIANUS. De venatione lib. IIII. De piscatu lib. V. Cum interpretatione Latina, commentariis, & indice rerum in vtroque opere memorabilium locupletißimo, confectis studio & opera Conradi Rittershvsii Brunswicensis I. V. D. Qui & recensuit hos libros denuò & Adr. Turnebi editionem Parisiensem cum trib. Mss. Palatinis contulit: inde & var. lect. & scholia Graeca excerpsit. Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius, 1597. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Late eighteenth-century red morocco, spine gilt, with gilt fillet borders on sides, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With printer's device on title, and woodcut initials in text, text printed in Greek and Latin. (88), 376, (32); (8), 344, 164, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fishing  Greek & Latin  Greek Printing  Hunting  Plantin  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Birds, fish and eskimos from the Alaska region depicted View picture(s) 20 ROSSE, Irving C. Cruise of the revenue-steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic ocean in 1881. Medical and anthropological notes. Washington, Governement Printing Office, 1883. 4to. Modern cloth. With 9 full-page chromolithographs with birds, fish and one with tattoed eskimos, and 3 full-page heliotypes. 120 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Alaska  Botany  Discovery & Exploration  Eskimo  Fishing  Ornithology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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