Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients in V. Books. Translated from the Greek, with an Account of Oppian's Life and Writings, and a Catalogue of his Fishes Publisher’s original blue-green cloth stamped

Publisher’s original blue-green cloth stamped in blind on the front and rear covers

fauna and indigenous inhabitants are of great scientific value

with 108 fine hand-colored engraved plates heightened with gum Arabic (4 hand-colored engraved plates of leaf shapes + 104 hand-colored engraved plates of flowers) and 108 uncolored plates printed in black (all plates in this work appear in two states

See also Sabin 42761 and Howes L-575

and political circumstances that determined the direction of his work (from the front jacket flap)

Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients in V. Books. Translated from the Greek, with an Account of Oppian's Life and Writings, and a Catalogue of his Fishes Publisher’s original blue-green cloth stampedPp. (8), 232, (7, list of subscribers); engraved title vignette. Early brown half calf leather, spine with five raised bands, title is lettered in gilt on a red morocco label in one compartment, gilt armorial vignette in another compartment, over gray marbled boards, 8vo. This work was written by the Greek scholar Oppianus (Oppian) who lived in the second century A. D. Casey Wood (p. 500) notes that the first time it appeared in published form was in