Tan leather spine with orange title plate, raised and gilt banding with gilt title. Grey ,orange and tan marbled boards. Dimensions are for one volume.

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This 1859 edition contains descriptions of 260 species with illustrated cuts, and many additional ornamental vignettes. According to Westwood & Satchell “indispensable in every English Anglers Library as a work of reference. Yarrell was, besides, an angler, and his work contains many useful hints in connection with the sport.  This EXQUISITE 1859 edition is illustrated with 522 woodcut engravings.

William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work.

Yarrell is best known as the author of The History of British Fishes (2 vols., 1836) and A History of British Birds featuring 564 original engravings (in 3 vols., first ed. 1843, second ed. 1845, third ed. 1856). The latter went into several editions and was the standard reference work for a generation of British ornithologists. He described Bewick’s swan in 1830, distinguishing it from the larger whooper swan.