WILLOUGHBY, Francis. De Historia Piscium Libri Quatuor, Jussu & Sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi. In quibus non tantum De Piscibus in genere agitur, Sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditae, tum novae & nondum editae bene multae, naturae ductum servante Methodo dispositae, accurate describuntur, Oxford: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1686. 2 parts bound in one, 2°, engraved dedication leaf to Samuel Pepys, 187 engraved plates (hole in one plate not affecting image, final plate cleanly torn at margin, a few leaves browned and unobtrusively creased, some mainly marginal browning and spotting), contemporary calf (rebacked, covers rubbed and scuffed). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 4417; Wing W2879.