A selection from the most remarkable and interesting of the fishes found on the coast of Ceylon : from drawings made in the southern part of that island, from the living specimens / by John Whitchurch Bennett

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Notes: Originally published: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830.; "W. Wilson, printer ... London"--Verso of half title.; At head of title: Dedicated, by special permission, to His Most Gracious Majesty George IV. King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, &c. &c. &c.; Each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress.; Plates are hand-colored.; Also available online.; Elecresource; SCNHRB copy (39088015067325) stamped on t.p.: Division of Fishes; Spencer F. Baird [and] Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Mar 3 1882 [ms. acc. no.] 124800.; SCNHRB copy has further pencilled identifications on descriptive letterpress leaves.; SCNHRB copy stamped in red at end: 1 Aug., 1858.; SCNHRB copy bound in blue library buckram, title in gilt on spine.

Physical description: viii p., 30 leaves, 30 leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs) ; 31 cm