HOUGHTON, William (?1829-97). British Fresh-Water Fishes. London: William Mackenzie, [1879]. 2 volumes, 2° (363 x 272mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 41 coloured lithographed plates by Benjamin Fawcett after A. F. Lydon, wood-engraved vignettes and illustrations (a few plates and leaves detached in vol. I, occasional spotting and staining). Original pictorial cloth gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some staining). Provenance: indistinct pencil presentation inscription dated 1879 on half title of vol. I; newspaper cuttings pasted onto front pastedown of vol. I. Nissen ZBI 2009. (2)