INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FISHERY CONGRESS; FISH DISEASES; THE DESTRUCTION OF FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS BY INTERNAL PARASITES; FISH AS FOOD; FOOD OF FISHES; FISH CULTURE; THE NATURAL HISTORY AND CULTIVATION OF THE SOLE; PROPAGATION OF THE SALMONIDAE; THE PROPAGATION OF FRESHWATER FISH EXCLUDING SALMONIDAE; CRUSTACEANS; ARTIFICIAL CULTURE OF LOBSTERS; MOLLUSCS, MUSSELS, WHELKS, ETC. USED FOR FOOD OR BAIT; OYSTER CULTURE AND OYSTER FISHERIES IN THE NETHERLANDS; NOTES ON THE FOOD FISHES AND EDIBLE MULLOSCA OF NEW SOUTH WALES; SEAL FISHERIES; THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE EXHIBITION
by H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES; PROFESSOR HUXLEY; T. SPENCER COBBOLD; HENRY THOMPSON; F. DAY; FRANCIS DAY; W. HOUGHTON; W. OLDHAM CHAMBERS; THOMAS CORNISH; W. SAVILLE KENT; MR. CHARLES HARDING; PROFESSOR HUBRECHT; E. P. RAMSAY; CAPTAIN TEMPLE; PROFESSOR E. RA
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LONDON: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED, 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Scarce in first edition. Front board and up to page 5 of first book detached, cloth missing from rear board. Boards rubbed and marked, spine darkened, fore edge foxed, Albert Harrison bookplate to front pastedown, prelims lightly foxed, pencil inscriptions to some margins on some of the books otherwise clean throughout. Good rebinding copy. Full list of titles and authors, in order of appearance, as follows: Inaugural Meeting Of The Fishery Congress By H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Fish Diseases By Professor Huxley The Destruction Of Fish And Other Aquatic Animals By Internal Parasites By T. Spencer Cobbold Fish As Food By Henry Thompson Food Of Fishes By F. Day Fish Culture By Francis Day The Natural History And Cultivation Of The Sole By W. Houghton Propagation Of The Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers The Propagation Of Freshwater Fish Excluding Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers Crustaceans Bt Thomas Cornish; Artificial Culture Of Lobsters By W. Saville Kent Molluscs, Mussels, Whelks, Etc. Used For Food Or Bait By Mr. Charles Harding Oyster Culture And Oyster Fisheries In The Netherlands By Professor Hubrecht Notes On The Food Fishes And Edible Mullosca Of New South Wales By E. P. Ramsay Seal Fisheries By Captain Temple The Scientific Results Of The Exhibition By Professor E. Ray Lankester
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- INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FISHERY CONGRESS; FISH DISEASES; THE DESTRUCTION OF FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS BY INTERNAL PARASITES; FISH AS FOOD; FOOD OF FISHES; FISH CULTURE; THE NATURAL HISTORY AND CULTIVATION OF THE SOLE; PROPAGATION OF THE SALMONIDAE; THE PROPAGATION OF FRESHWATER FISH EXCLUDING SALMONIDAE; CRUSTACEANS; ARTIFICIAL CULTURE OF LOBSTERS; MOLLUSCS, MUSSELS, WHELKS, ETC. USED FOR FOOD OR BAIT; OYSTER CULTURE AND OYSTER FISHERIES IN THE NETHERLANDS; NOTES ON THE FOOD FISHES AND EDIBLE MULLOSCA OF NEW SOUTH WALES; SEAL FISHERIES; THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE EXHIBITION
- Author
- H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES; PROFESSOR HUXLEY; T. SPENCER COBBOLD; HENRY THOMPSON; F. DAY; FRANCIS DAY; W. HOUGHTON; W. OLDHAM CHAMBERS; THOMAS CORNISH; W. SAVILLE KENT; MR. CHARLES HARDING; PROFESSOR HUBRECHT; E. P. RAMSAY; CAPTAIN TEMPLE; PROFESSOR E. RA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1883
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