with the natural history of river, pond, and sea-fish. illustrated with 133 cutts
by Richard Brookes
London, printed by and for J.Watts, 1749.
second edition. ppxvi 249 + index and 5 advert pages.
a well used copy, but apart from a little staining to lower part of some pages and occasional marking, generally clean.
lacks preliminary blanks prior to title-page.
pp241-249 and first three index pages misbound.
in an old quarter calf binding, well rubbed to the boards, but sound. heraldic book-plate to front paste-down.
the second edition seems to be scarcer than the first, with only one UK library holding recorded
