Branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish

Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... Libri de piscibus marinis, in quibus verae piscium effigies expressae sunt ... / [Guillaume Rondelet].

An introduction to the study of fishes / by Albert C.L.G. Günther.

2 volumes (xii, 304; 4 unnumbered pages, 16 pages, XLVIII leaves of plates) : illustrations (engr.) ; 16mo (12 cm).

Traité élémentaire d'ichthyologie ou d'histoire naturelle des poissons ... / par M. Ajasson de Grandsagne.

2 volumes in 1 : woodcut illustrations & portrait (in some ii) ; (folio)

22 volumes : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm

Histoire naturelle des poissons / par m. le bon. Cuvier et par m. Valenciennes.

Petri Artedi ... Ichthyologia: sive, opera omnia de piscibus, scilicet: Bibliotheca ichthyologica. Philosophia ichthyologica. Genera piscium. Synonymia specierum. Descriptiones specierum. Omnia in hoc genere perfectiora, quam antea ulla / Posthuma vindicavit, recognovit, coaptavit & edidit [with a life of the author] Carolus Linnaeus.

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An introduction to the study of fishes / by Albert C.L.G. Günther.

Traité élémentaire d'ichthyologie ou d'histoire naturelle des poissons ... / par M. Ajasson de Grandsagne.

Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... Libri de piscibus marinis, in quibus verae piscium effigies expressae sunt ... / [Guillaume Rondelet].

Histoire naturelle des poissons / par m. le bon. Cuvier et par m. Valenciennes.