Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales

Sydney, Australia: Thomas Richards Govt. Printer,, 1882. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Royal octavo; Three quarter leather bound in morocco with marbled boards and endpapers, with gilt spine titles between five raised bands with gilt decorations ; 231pp. [2 Blank + 2pp. (title page and verso) + i-xipp. + 1 Blank + 1-213pp. + 3 Blank], marbled edges, with a monochrome photographic frontispiece ("An 'Old Man' Schnapper"), 45 plates likewise and one monochrome woodcut illustration. Moderate wear; boards and edges rubbed; some mild scuffing to the spine; some moisture damage to the flyleaf; mild scattered foxing to the preliminaries; previous owner's ink inscription rear blank enddpaper - some marking through text. Ex Fisheries library The Reverend Tenison-Woods wrote several books about New South Wales during his time there, specifically about the terrain and the possibilities for cultivation and agriculture. With this work, he cast his geographer's cap aside and took a more sporting view of the potential offered by the Australian environment. "Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales" is an overview of all the known species of fish, both coastal and riverine, to be found in the (then) new colony. Alongside their written taxonomical descriptions, each species is depicted by its own black-and-white photogravure plate.