Reverend W. Houghton’s British Fresh-Water Fishes, 1879,
Unusually printed from multiple wooden blocks by Benjamin Fawcett.
The Reverend William Houghton was a well-known amateur naturalist of the 19th century, though aimed his book at the fisherman rather than the naturalist.
Azurine, Dobule, Rudd
£140
In stock
Based on the work of Alexander Lydon and Benjamin Fawcett. Framed in natural oak.
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