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GOODE, George Brown (1851-1896) and KILBOURNE, Samuel A. (1836-1881). Game Fishes of the United States. New York: Scribner's, 1879.
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GOODE, George Brown (1851-1896) and KILBOURNE, Samuel A. (1836-1881). Game Fishes of the United States. New York: Scribner's, 1879.
“The largest and most beautiful fish plates published in this country" (Bennett). Samuel Kilbourne’s striking compositions combine lush landscapes with vibrant, lifelike fish. The accompanying text is written by George Brown Goode, the eminent American ichthyologist who ran the Smithsonian fish research program. Bennett, p. 65; Nissen Zoology 1630.
Oblong folio (442 x 582mm). 20 chromolithographic plates after Kilbourne mounted on card, each with accompanying sheet of text (without the map, one plate with repaired tear, a few repaired marginal tears). Modern cloth portfolio. Provenance: Boston Society of Natural History (blindstamp).
“The largest and most beautiful fish plates published in this country" (Bennett). Samuel Kilbourne’s striking compositions combine lush landscapes with vibrant, lifelike fish. The accompanying text is written by George Brown Goode, the eminent American ichthyologist who ran the Smithsonian fish research program. Bennett, p. 65; Nissen Zoology 1630.
Oblong folio (442 x 582mm). 20 chromolithographic plates after Kilbourne mounted on card, each with accompanying sheet of text (without the map, one plate with repaired tear, a few repaired marginal tears). Modern cloth portfolio. Provenance: Boston Society of Natural History (blindstamp).