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About Rare Fish Books

Our antiquariaat was founded by C.J.J. Richter in Amsterdam in 1998. Carel Richter is a biologist. He has been collecting fine and old illustrated fish books since he was a student at the Free University of Amsterdam and later as a professor in fish culture and fisheries at the Agricultural University in Wageningen and the Catholic University in Leuven. After retirement, Prof. Dr. C.J.J. Richter was appointed guest researcher at the Artis Library of the University of Amsterdam and since then he has been involved in the preparation of several museum exhibitions on fish.

S.M. Hendrikx is a historian and information scientist and was educated at the University of Amsterdam and University College London. Sophia has worked at Bernard Shapero Rare Books and Bloomsbury Auctions in London and at Asher Rare Books in the Netherlands.

Books from our antiquariaat were shown in 2004 at the exhibition 'Fish, Still lifes by Dutch and Flemish masters, 1500-1700' in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht and the Amos Andersons konstmuseum in Helsinki and in 2007 at the 'Linnaeus exhibition, Aap, Vis, Boek' in the University Library. (http:dare.uva.nl/record312019).

The items listed on this web site are a selection from our stock. Please contact us if there is any particular antiquarian fish book you are searching for. We can try to help you!