Fine  Fishing  Book  in  an  Impeccable  Copy

Revoil, Benedict-Henry. Pêches dans l’Amérique du nord. New ed. With

19  woodcut  plates

and 40 text ills. after Jean Edouard Dargent (called Yan’Dargent, Saint-Servais 1824 – Paris 1899). Tours, A. Mame et fils, 1870. 374 pp., 1 l. Contemp. blue h. cloth.

Comp. Howes R 228 and Souhart 402. – Not in Schwerdt. – Souhart only knows the original version Chasses et Pêche dans l’autre monde, publ. Paris 1856, and 3 following editions, resp. 1869 and 1873, all at Mame, titled Chassses dans l’Amérique du nord. The edition here probably the 1^st separate edition of the originally 2^nd part. Revoil (d. Paris 1882) gained his prestige especially as the founder of the famous Chasse Illustrée. Here now general introduction all to

Rod Fishing – Osprey – Oysters – Shark – Tunny – Whale + Dolphin – Turtles – Flying Fish – Seals – Sea-Serpent – Cave-Fish and the Alligators of Texas + Louisiana while furthermore considering especially New Brunswick, Sable Island, Labrador, Terra Nova, the ocean as the Atlantic. And all this without any talk shop.
Offer no. 12,225 / EUR  445. / export price EUR  423. (c. US$ 589.) + shipping

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