Live Auction 5428Travel, Science & Natural History
Christie’s roundel
Lot 495

DAY, Francis (1829-1899). The Fishes of India; being a Natural History of the Fishes ... of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London: for the author, [1875]-88. 4° (326 x 255mm). 198 lithographed plates (title and following leaf of text vol. lightly foxed). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco, uncut (a little rubbed). Provenance: the Signet copy with gilt supralibros. Nissen ZBI 1054. (2)

Closed23 April 2008

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DAY, Francis (1829-1899). The Fishes of India; being a Natural History of the Fishes ... of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London: for the author, [1875]-88. 4° (326 x 255mm). 198 lithographed plates (title and following leaf of text vol. lightly foxed). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco, uncut (a little rubbed). Provenance: the Signet copy with gilt supralibros. Nissen ZBI 1054. (2)