British and Irish Salmonidae

By Francis Day

London/ Edinburgh, Williams and Norgate, 1887. Sm4to, [viii], 298pp., (2), Index. with 12 (9 chromolithographed) plates and 52 figures; Index, Errata bound in. Publisher’s green ruled cloth with bright gilt spine lettering. Internal hinges cracked but strong, black end pages, two elegant prior ownership labels inside front cover — a complete copy in Very Good+ condition. Scarce.

Francis Day (1829-1889) was one of the leading ichthyologists in England. He wrote extensively on Indian fishes and spent many years on the Malabar Coast. The fine plates are by Miss F. Woolward, made after drawings by the author. "The fish were coloured from nature by Miss Florence Woolward, whose accuracy in delineation needs no remark as it speaks for itself" (From the preface). The first exhaustive study of the sea-trout.