Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Couch, Jonathan, 1789-1870

Title:

A history of the fishes of the British Islands. By Jonathan Couch ...

Published / Created:

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1862-65.

Physical Description:

4 v. ill., 252 col. plates (incl. fronts.) 26 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL633.G7 C8

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 98

Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).

Advertisements: front and back endpapers of vols. 1 and 2.

Plates engraved by A.F. Lydon, after the author's drawings.--Cf. Friedman, Joan. Color printing in England, New Haven, 1978, 98.

Vol. 1 has imprint date 1862; v. 2, 1863; v. 3, 1864; v. 4, 1865.

Vols. 1, 3, and 4 retain their original dust-wrappers.

"B. Fawcett, engraver and printer, Driffield."

Tanselle, G.T. Book-jackets: their history, forms, and use, 62.2

Exhibition History:

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)

Subject Terms:

Fishes -- Great Britain.

Form/Genre:

Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1862.

Contributors:

Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836–1917.