Antique Fish Prints from Willoughby @ Heatons in Tisbury

Francis Willughby (sometimes spelt Willoughby, FRS (22 November 1635 – 3 July 1672) was an English ornithologist and ichthyologist, and an early student of linguistics and games. Born and raised at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, the only son of an affluent country family. He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was tutored by the mathematician and naturalist John Ray, who became a lifetime friend and colleague, and lived with Willughby after 1662 when Ray lost his livelihood through his refusal to sign the Act of Uniformity. Willughby was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661, then aged 27. Willughby, Ray, and others such as John Wilkins were advocates of a new way of studying science, relying on observation and classification, rather than the received authority of Aristotle and the Bible. To this end, Willughby, Ray and their friends undertook a number of journeys to gather information and specimens, initially in England and Wales, but culminating in an extensive tour of continental Europe, visiting museums, libraries and private collections as well as studying local animals and plants. After their continental tour, he and Ray lived and worked mainly at Middleton Hall. Willughby married Emma Barnard in 1668 and the couple had three children. Willughby had suffered bouts of illness over the years, and eventually died of pleurisy in July 1672, aged 36. His premature death meant that it fell to Ray to complete the works on animals they had jointly planned. In due course, Ray published books on birds, fish and invertebrates, the Ornithologiae Libri Tres, Historia Piscium and Historia Insectorum. The Ornithology was also published in an expanded form in English. The books included innovative and effective ways of classifying animals, and all three were influential in the history of life science, including their effect on subsequent natural history writers and their importance in the development of Linnaeus's binomial nomenclature.

The Historia Piscium, is a work begun by Francis Willughby (1635–1672), completed by John Ray (1627–1705), was the first comprehensive book of ichthyology. It consists of two parts, the text and illustrations, which were printed separately but frequently bound together. For both parts, Ray drew heavily on works by others, including Hippolytus Salviani (1514-1572), Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566), Conrad Gessner (1516-1565), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) and more. Engravings of this age seldom come to the market as the complete book is aroung £8-12k Published in Oxford: at the Sheldonian Theatre, or London by John Martyn both in 1686 as woodblock printing was commonly done at split sites

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1. Canis carcharias Gesner. 2. Study of Maltha Rondelety Gesner. 3. Study of Cucuri brasiliensibus Cassaon Lusitanis. 4. Study of Crushave belgis Tiburoni species. 5. Study of a sawfish here Pristis, sive Serra, Clusy. 6. Study of Galai genus Clusy.

Ichthyological study of six species of cartilaginous fish, including the great white shark and a sawfish. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

Canis Carcharias Geineri / Great White Shark

Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . Condition Issue creased page with edge tears..£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Canis Galaus, Salv. 2. Vulpecula, Salv. Tab: B: 6. Sumptibus S: Pepys Præs: S: R:’(dedication to)

tope shark, Galeorhinus galeus, here Canis galeus Salviani, showing the full right profile and detail of the underside of the head. Further study of Vulpecula marina also here under the common name the sea fox. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

1. Lampetra altera minor maculis/ Salv: a Lamprey/ 2. Lampetra major Salv: a Lamprey/ Tab: G.2. Sumbtibus: Io: Flamsteed e. S. R.’

European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis, here Lampetra altera minor maculis [top], and a sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, here Lampetra major [bottom]. With detail of the latter’s round, sucker-like mouth. ‘ Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Paber fluviatilis; a Flounder/ Tab: F.5. Sumptibus Thom: Firmin e: S: R’ with further hand annotation ‘Fluke or Butt’.

winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, here as Paber fluviatilis, depicted in full right profile. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour .£120 inc world delivery

‘Anguillae formes seu laves lubricin et plaerumq oblong./ Muraena Salviani./ Tab: G.1. Sumptibus nob: v: D Alex.ri Stanhope’

n eel here Muraena salviani. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

: ‘Galeus glaucus Rond. The Blew Sharke. Tab. B. 8. Sumpt. D. Sam: Pepys. Præs: S: R:’

Ichthyological study of the blue shark, Prionace glauca here Glaeus glaucus and under the common name ‘the blew shark’. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Raia lævis undulata seu Cinerea. The Skate or Flair. Tab. C. N. 5. Sumptibus E. Browne MD: é S:R’

Study of the underside of a skate, here Raia lævis undulata seu cinerea Rondeletii and under the common name of skate or flair. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£120 inc world delivery BP" type="hidden">

’Raiæ. Raia, Salv. Tab: D.1 Sumptibus Dni Ri Buckley eq: Baronetti.’

Study of the long-nosed skate, Raja oxyrinchus [?], here Raia Salviani. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Læviraia Salv. Tab C:4. Sumptibus E. Browne MD: é S:R’ a
Study of a skate here Læviraia Salviani. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Cartilaginei Ovipari. Rana Piscatrix Salv. Tab: E:1. Sumptibus Dm. Christoph Wren Equitis aurati e.S.R.’ /‘The Pond or Frog fish or Sea divill.’

Frog fish from above, of the Antennariidae family, here Rana picatrix salv. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Passer Bellonii quadratulus; a Plaise/ Tab F.3. Sumptibus nob: Rob: Boile e: S: R

European plaice, Plueronectes platessa, here referred to as Passer bellonii quadratulus, in full right profile. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Hippoglossus; a Holibutt/ Tab: F.6. Sumptibus Sam: Fuller S: T: D: et E: L: C:’ / Turbot Septentionaliby/ Turbot Septentionalum’.

Hypoglossus, here the same, in full right profile. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Squatina Salu. Tab: D.3. Sumptibus Dni Cyril Wych Eq: aur é S:R.’/‘The Monk or Angel fish.’

an angelshark, Squatinidae, here Squatina salu and under the common name of the monk or angel-fish.Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Plani ovipari spinosi qui in latus projecti natant/ Rhombus non aculeatus squamosus a Pearle Londinensibus/ Tab: F:1. Sumptibus D Io Knatchbull Eq: Bar:’
an unknown species of turbot, here as Rhombus non aculeatus. Shown in right profile, with fishing line still attached.Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Centrina Supina. Tab B:3. Sumptibus S: Pepys
an angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina, here Centrina supina. From below showing the mouth.Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

SnakeBlenny /Lumpen Andverpiaedicta
Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Centrina Salv. Tab B:2. Sumptibus S: Pepys Præs: S: R:’ with further hand annotation ‘Vulpecula Bellonÿ Perce Porco Romæ.’
Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Pisces corpore contractiore vel saltern non admodum lubrico: qui pinnis ventralibus carent./ Orbis Salvian. Primus Rondel. Tab. I.1. Sumpt D. Edward Haynes. e. S. R.’ with further handwritten annotation ‘Orbis Niloticus seu Ægyptiacus Globe or Scull fish of Egypt’.

globefish, here Orbis Salviani, shown full-face, taking on a spherical shape. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Sand-Eels Anglorum/ 2. Iperuquiba Brasiliensibus./ 3. Gunnellus Cornubiensium./ 4. Misgurn Norimbergae./ Tab: G.8. Sumptibus D. Ios Williamson Eq: aur: e S. R.’ with further handwritten annotation ‘[1] Ammodytes the Lance/ [2] Remora Imperat Sucking=fish/ [3] Butterfish/ [4] Misgurn seu fisgurn Germanorum An Mustela Fossilis?/ The British sand-eels have only one long finn upon the Back. That of Salvian hath quadratus an sint dua species.’

1. A sandlance, here Anglorum and under the common name ‘sand-eel’. 2. A suckerfish, Remora, here Iperuquiba Brasiliensibus.3. A rock gunnel or butterfish, Pholis gunnellus, here Gunnellus Cornubiensium. 4. A weatherfish, Misgurnus fossilis, here Misgurn Norimbergae. Globefish, here Orbis Salviani, shown full-face, taking on a spherical shape. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Pescis Monoceros ejusq cornu a varys authoribus exbibitum; item embryonis alicujus cornu. Tab. A.2. Sumptibus D. Sam. Pepys Præs: S. R.’

Narwhale, Monodon monoceros, here Pecis monoceros, including various anatomical depictions of the horn or tusk. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Lampetra caeca Baltneri/ 2. Lampetra medium genus/ Tab. G: 3

Two unknown species of lamprey, here Lampetra caeca and Lampetra medium genus. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Serpens Marimus maculosus. e. M: S: R./ Tab: G.9. Sumpt: D. Edmond King. M: D: e. S: R.’

Tiger snake eel, Myrichthys maculosus, here Serpens marinus maculosus, in full right profile.Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Orbis hirsutus densis et exigus muricibus donatus./ Tab. I.3. Sumpt. D. Samuelis Pepys. Præs. S. R.’

Globefish, here Orbis hirsutus, shown in full right profile, taking on a spherical shape. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Altera atinga minor orbicularis Calceolary./ Guamajacu atinga Brasiliensibus. Margr./ Tab I.8. Sumpt. D. Samuelis Pepys Præs. S. R.’ / ‘2. Orbis muricatus rana rietu’

globefish, here Altera atinga minor [left as viewed] and Guamajacu atinga Brasiliensibus [right].Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

1. Squatino = raia F. Colum. 2. Puraque Brasiliens. 3. Pastinaca marina D. F. C. 4. Raia asterias aspera. Rond. 5. Raia oculate et aspera Rond. Tab: D: 5. SumptD. Samuelis Pepys Præsidis Societalis Regalis.’ /1 ‘Rhinobatiy sqatinoraja.

1.Study of a common guitarfish, Rhinobatos rhinobatos [?] here Rhinobatus seu Squatinoraia F. Colum. 2. Study of an electric eel, Electrophorus, here Puraque Brasiliensibus. 3. Study of a stingray here Pastinaca marina D. F. C.4. Study of a Mediterranean starry ray [?], here Raia asterias aspera Rondeletii. 5. Study of a brown ray, Raja miraletus [?], here Raia oculate aspera Ronddeletii Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1.Raia asterias Rondel. 2. Aereba (crossed out and annotated Aiereba) Brasiliensibus. 3. Pastinaca Mar. altera, F. Columnæ. 4. Pasinaca Mar prima Rond. 5. Narinari Brasiliens. Tab: C: 1. Sumptibus S: Pepys Præs: S: R:’

1. Study of the Mediterranean starry ray, here Raia asterias Rondel. 2. Study of a discus ray, Paratrygon aiereba, here Aiereba brasiliensibus. 3. Study of a stingray here Pastinaca Marina altera, F. Columnæ. 4. Study of a common stingray here Pasinaca Marina prima Rondeletii. 5. Study of a spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari [?] here Narinari brasiliens Marggrav. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1.Raia aspera Rondel. 2. Raia asperrima, Rondel. 3. Raia clavate, Rondel./ 4. Altera species Raiæ clavatæ, Rondel. Tab: D:2. Sumptibus Dni Cyril Wych Eq: aur é S:R.

1.Study of a thornback ray, Raja clavate [?] here Raia aspera Rondeletti2. Study of female thornback ray, Raja clavate [?] here Raia asperrima, Rondeletti, showing thorns on the underside. 3. Study of a thornback ray, here Raia clavate, Rondel. 4. Study of a the underside of a thornback Ray, here Raiæ clavatæ, Rondel. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Guaperva histrix. Tab. I.21. Sumpt. D. Samuelis Pepys Præs. S. R.’

long-spine porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus, here , Guaperva histrix, shown in full right profile. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

Horned Box Fish + Scorpion Fish Pisciculus Cornutus Bonty Piscis Triangularis Carmbusdarens

‘1. Huso Danuby German. Gesn./ 2. Attilus Padj/ 3. Acipenser Salv. Sturgeon/ 4. Antacous Stellatus/ Tab. P7. Sumptibus Iohannis D.ni Vaughan. e. S: R.’ ‘[2] Italis Adello, Adeno/ [4] Antacaus Stellatus Gesn./ 3. Sturio/ An Attilus Padi, Huso Danuby, Autacaus Borysthensis sint idem piscis, atate aut loco variegate?/ Ichthyocolla piscis an ahisce distinetus affirmat D. Rajus p.244

1. A beluga Huso huso, here Huso Danuby.2. An unknown species of sturgeon here Attilus Padj.3. An Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus, here Acipenser Salv. 4. A starry sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, here Antacous Stellatus. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Petimbuaba Brasil; Tobacco pipe Fish./ 2. Acus maxima Squamosa./ 3. Acus alicujus Iudicae caput./ Tab. P 8 Sumptibus D. Sam. Pepys Praes : S : R.’ ‘[3] app. Tab. VI. 4/ 1. Green Gar-fish Bahamensibus’.

Atlantic needlefish, Strongylura marina, here Petimbuaba Brasil and under the common name ‘Tobacco pipe Fish’ [top]. Also, a garfish, Belone belone, here Acus maxima, with a detail of its skull and elongated jaws [below].Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

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‘1. Asellus varius Schonfeldy./ 2. Asellus mallis minor mollo V./ 3. Acellus virescens Schonfeldy./ 4. Asellus mai: vulgaris. A Codfish or Keeling./ Tab. L. membr: 1. n. 1. Sumpt: D: Ric: Waller e S. R.’ ‘3. Ascellus Huitingo Pollactius. A Whiting Pollack. 4. Juniores Codlings audiunt.’

Asellus, including a coalfish [3. bottom left as viewed] and codfish [4. bottom right]. All shown in full left profile. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Acus Aristotelis species altera major./ 2. Scolopax Rondel./ 3. Hippocampus Rondel./ 4. Hippocampus non aculeatus incisuris raris./ 5. Hippocampus non aculeatus incisuris crebis. India Ocidentalis./ 6. Acus 2da species Rondel./ Tab. 1.25. Sumpt. D. Samuelis Pepys Præs. S. R.’ ‘Orbis hirsuti species minor./ 3.4. Caballo Marino. Sea horse./ 1.2. Needlefish, Horn-fish, Gar-fish./ 1. Trompette nostris/. 2. This Trumpet or Bellows-fish.

1. A needlefish, of the Belonidae family, here Acus aristotelis. 2. A snipefish, Macroramphosus, here Scolopaz rondel and with the common name ‘Bellows-fish’. 3-5. Two species of seahorse here Hippocampus rondel [3] and Hippocampus non aculeatus [4-5]. 6. A pipefish, Syngnathinae, here Acus rondel. 7. A globefish, here Orbis hirsuti. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘ 1. Piquitinga Brasil/ 2. Guaru guaru Brasil/ 3. Piaba Brasil/ Tab. Q: 7’
1. A lile or piquitingas, from the herring family, Clupeidae, here Piquitinga Brasil [left].2. An unknown livebearer species from the Poeciliidae family, here Guaru guaru Brasil [right].3. An unknown species here Piaba Brasil [middle]. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Cobitis barbatula Fundulus Balt. A Loche/ 2. Alburnus lacustris Gesner Baltn./ 3. Cobitis barbatula aculeata Baltn./ 4. Gobius fluviatilis Baltn./ 5. Phoxinus squamosus Bambele Baltn/ 6. Taenia cornuta Schonfeldij/ 7. Phoxinus vulgaris a Pink/ Tab. Q. 8’ ‘[1]/ Grundell/ [7] A minim or minow/ 3. An Taenia cornuta Schonfeldy Daelithus Stonebiter/ 4. A Gudgeon’.

1. A stone loach, Barbatula barbatula , here Cobitis barbatula Fundulus Balt and under the common name ‘a Loche’. 2. A bleak, possibly a common bleak, Alburnus alburnus, here Alburnus lacustris.3. A bearded loach, Cobitis bartula, here Cobitis barbatula aculeata.4. An unknown gudgeon species here Gobius fluviatilis.5., 7. Two minnow species here Phoxinus squamosus and Phoxinus vulgaris respectively.
6. An unknown species here Taenia cornuta. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Canis carchariae species/ 2. Orbis muricatus/ 3. Klap Fish seu Soldaten Fish/ 5. Columbo mer Orbis species/ 6. Guabuca Brasiliensibus Zee Snip’.

1. A tiger shark of the Carcharia genus, here Canis carchariae.2. 4. Two species of globe fish, here Orbis muricatus and Columbo mar respectively. 3. A soldierfish of the Myripristis genus, here under the common name Soldaten Fish.5. An unknown species here Guabuca Brasiliensibus. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Boops Rondel/ 2. Boopis 2da Species Rondel./ 3. Rara boopis Species Rondel./ 4. Maena Rondel./ 5. Smaris Rondel./ Tab. V. 8. Sumpt S: Sam: Pepys Praes S: R.’ ‘Admirabilis colorum mutation in hoe pisce p. Anni tempestate

1., 2., 3. Three species of Boops, here ‘Boops Rondel’, ‘Boopis 2da Species Rondel’ and ‘Rara boopis’ respectively.4. Possibly a blotched picarel, Spicara maena, here ‘Maena Rondel’.
5. A Spicara smaris, one of the picarels, here ‘Smaris Rondel’. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Turdus ab insula Ascension dict/ Parrot beck Belgis./ Pudiano verde Lusitamis Margr./ e Picturis archetypis D. I. Frasier./ Tab. X. 9’.

unknown species of Halichoeres here Turdus ab insula [top], and an unknown species of parrotfish, Scaridae, here Pudiano verde [bottom]. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Iacob Eversten/ 2. Lampetra Indica seu Eneophthalmos/ 3. Bagre Margragij species/ 4. Acus Indica mandibula inferior in spiculum producta.’

1. A peacock hind, Cephalopholis argus, here Jacob Eversten.2. A species of lamprey here Lampetra Indica.3. A sea catfish of the Bagre genus, here Bagre.4. A garfish, Belone belone, here Acus Indica. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Capito. a Chubb./ 2. Cephalus fluviatilis minor Haster./ 3. Leuciscus 2dus Rond a Dace/ 4. Cyprinus latus sive Brama Gesner a Breame/ 5. Rutilus a Roche Anglis/ 6. Nasus, Naso Germanis./ 7. Alburnus Ausonij/ :B. Hae omnes figurae ex. Baltnero ex Sculptae Sunt./ Tab. Q. 10 Sumpt: D. Thom: Lechmere Armig.’

possibly a common nase, Chondrostoma nasus, here Nasus. 7. An unknown bleak species, possibly a common bleak, Alburnus alburnus, here Alburnus and under the common name ‘a Bleak’. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Niqui Brasiliensibus. Pieterman Belgis. i.e. Araneus Maris/ 2. Niqui Alterum Margr./ Tab. S. 11.’

two species of toadfish, of the Batrachoididae family, here Niqui Brasiliensibus [left as viewed] and Niqui Alterum [right]. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Trachurus Bonito. Tab: S.12’.

species of mackerel, possibly an Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus, here Trachurus Bonito. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Ostracion alter Gibbbsus Ald 2. Orbis ranæ rictu. Clus. 3. Orbis oblongus Testudinis capite Clus. Tab. I.9. Sumpt. D. Samuelis Pepys Præs.

three species of boxfish from the Ostracion genus, all shown in full right profile. Ostracion alter [right], Orbis ranæ rictu [top left] and Orbis oblongus [bottom left] respectively. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

1. Solea parva lingula Rond./ 2. Rhomboides Rond./ 3. Rhombus aculeatus./ 4. Solea oculata Rond./ 5. Citharus Rond./ 6. Amaraca Brasiliens/ 7. Aroglossus Rond./ 8. Citharus flavus. Sivp asper Rond./ Sumptibus Hug: Chamberlain M:D: e. S

1. A thickback sole, Microchirus variegatus, here as Solea parva lingula rond.2-3. Two species of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, here Rhomboides rond and Rhombus aculeatus. 4. A foureyed sole, Microchirus ocellatus, here Solea oculata rond. 5. A spotted flounder, Citharus linguatula, here Citharus rond.6. An unknown specimen here Aramaca brasiliens.7. An unknown species of scaldfish, here Arnoglosus rond/8. A rough-scaled flounder, Psettina gigantea, here Citharus flavus, sivp asper Rond.. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘Buglossus seu Solea Rond: a Sole/ Tab: F.7. Sumptibus Fransc: Bernard M: D:

common sole, Solea solea, here as Solea rond, shown in full left and right profile. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Conger Indicus maculosus./ 2. Sand Creeper Belgis/ e picturis archetypis d: Iac Frasier./ Tab: G.10. Sumpt: D. Andr: Birth M: D: e. S: R.’ [1] The black murray. Catesby./ Torpodinum gonoro’

black moray eel, Gymnothorax melanosomatus, here Conger Indicus maculosus, [top] and a sandlance, here under the common name sand creeper [bottom]. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

‘1. Sorghe marina venetiis/ 2. Gattoragine venetiis/ Tab: H: 2 Sumpt: D: Henrici Plumtree’ ‘1. Mustela vulg. Rondel. Sea Locke Cistrice whistle fish in Cornubia vilpotuis Mustela maculis albis et duiobus lirris a reliquis distincte/ 2. An piscis guitturosus gesntr. Exocaetus primus Bellonii duobus in fronti cirrulis

burbot, Lota lota, here Sorghe marina venetiis [top], and a tompot blenny, Parablennius gattorugine, here Gattoragine venetiis [bottom]. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

Skull of a parrotfish Ingentis

‘1. Pisciculus aculeatus Rond. e. P. Balt./ 2. Cernua Fluviatilis Gesn e P: B./ 3. Aphya Cobites Rond./ 4. Aphya vera Rond./ Tab. X. 14.’ ‘2. Porca fluviatilis minor. Aurata Iragi. Gesn. Aspredo Caij. A Ruffe/ 1. Pungitius piscis Alberti Aldrovand A Stickle back, Banstickle or Sharpling/ 3. 4. An Taetura aliorum piscium ut Maenidum et Mullorum’.

1. A species of stickleback, Gasterosteidae, here Pisciculus aculeatus.2. A ruffe or pope, Gymnocephalus cernua, here Cernua Fluviatilis.3., 4. Two species of loach, Cobitoidea, here Aphya Cobites and Aphya vera respectively. Antique engraving from book by Francis Willughby/Willoughby 'The History of Fish' or in full "De historia Piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis Regiae Londinensis editi ." which was completed post-humously by John Ray. This first edition work was published in London in 1686. --- The first large work on fishes published in England and marked a new era in ichthyology. The plates for the work were engraved by Paul van Somers, which was supervised by Martin Lister. Size height (page): 365mm width (page): 230mm . Later hand colour . .£95 inc world delivery

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