REUTER, Odo Moranal and MELA, A.J.

Finlands Fiskar Malade. Fishes of Finland.

The fishes of Finland drawn and coloured from life by Gösta Sundman. Helsingfors, G.W. Edlund & Co., 1883-1893, 12 parts bound in one volume. Folio. Pp. 20, 8, 7, 6, 12, 14, 6, 8, 2, 11, 12, 17, 34, II (10), with 41 stunning chromolithographs, heightened with silver, and finished by hand.

Attractive early 20th century binding in wine red half calf.

A complete copy. The text, in parallel columns in Swedish and English, deals with the taxonomy and ecology of the Scandinavian fish fauna and the fishing techniques applied by anglers and fishermen. Tiny label of the Bildstens Bokbinderi of the Eksjö Museum in Sweden. Nissen, Schöne Fischbücher, 1951, nr. 104.

  • Price: € 5800

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