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BENNETT, John Whitchurch. A Selection of Rare and Curious Fishes found upon the Coast of Ceylon. London: for the author, 1851. 4° (277 x 202mm). 30 etched and aquatint plates, coloured and finished by hand (title and last leaf lightly foxed). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco by Leighton, title in gilt on upper cover, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Fourth edition. cf. Nissen ZBI 316.
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BENNETT, John Whitchurch. A Selection of Rare and Curious Fishes found upon the Coast of Ceylon. London: for the author, 1851. 4° (277 x 202mm). 30 etched and aquatint plates, coloured and finished by hand (title and last leaf lightly foxed). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco by Leighton, title in gilt on upper cover, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Fourth edition. cf. Nissen ZBI 316.

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BENNETT, John Whitchurch. A Selection of Rare and Curious Fishes found upon the Coast of Ceylon. London: for the author, 1851. 4° (277 x 202mm). 30 etched and aquatint plates, coloured and finished by hand (title and last leaf lightly foxed). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco by Leighton, title in gilt on upper cover, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Fourth edition. cf. Nissen ZBI 316.
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