The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana. Part I. and Part II. (The Naturalist's Library. Ichthyology. Vol III. Fishes of Guiana. Part I and Part II by Robert H Schomburgk, Sir William Jardine - editor - 1841

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1841 A very good 2 volume set of the 1st edition in original publisher's cloth binding with 61 plates, of which 59 are hand coloured. The bindings have the usual light sunning to spines and board edges. The spines have pulling and slight fraying to spine ends. Corners with light wear. Original green endpapers present and clean in both volumes. Contents: Vol I: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Schomburgk; black and white vignette title page showing fish catching; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; erratum slip; Memoir of Schomburgk; text with numerous black and white illustrations 263pp; and 31 plates bound at the rear, of which 29 are hand coloured. The erratum slip says that there should not have been a plate 24 referred to as there were 2 copies of plate number 25 instead. In this volume, there are 2 different versions of plate 25 and 2 plate 30's. Plate 11 is double size. Vol II: vol listing; frontispiece black and white portrait of Burckhardt; black and white vignette title page showing horses menaced by a serpent; 2 further title pages; advertisement urging readers to complete their sets of Jardine now; contents listing; Memoir of Burckhardt; text 214pp; Prospectus for Illustrations of Indian Ornithology; and 30 hand coloured plates. Contents are in very good clean condition. There is light toning to text pages. Plates are clean and brightly coloured.