LA BLANCHÈRE (Henri de) LA PECHE ET LES POISSONS. NEW GENERAL DICTIONARY OF FISHERIES. Preceded by a preface by Aug. Duméril. 1100 illustrations drawn and coloured by A. Mesnel. Paris, Delagrave, 1868. Fort in-8 of 15-1bl.-859 pages, blue half-basane, smooth spine (period binding). First edition of this beautiful and famous dictionary, profusely illustrated with more than 1100 figures in text, including 48 LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES IN COLOUR, heightened by hand and gummed. Some foxing.