77/1822 [Fishery]. Duhamel du Monceau, H.L. and De la Marre, L.H. Traité général des pesches, et histoire des poissons qu'elles fournissent, tant pour la subsistance des hommes, que pour plusiers autres usages qui ont rapport aux Arts et au Commerce. Paris, Saillant & Nyon/ (Widow) Desaint, 1769-1777, 1st ed., 2 parts in 9 vols., 152 (of 177) engr. plates, contemp. (unif.) (marbled) wr., large folio.

- Lacks 25 plates. Occas. sl. yellowed; 4th vol. one plate w. large tear; one plate foxed. All vols. backstrip dam./ lacking.

= From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers. Contains Part 1, sections 1-3 and Part 2, sections 1-4. Nissen, ZBI 1186; Westwood/ Satchell p.82: "One of the finest works on fishing and the fisheries in any language." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.