A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Fish, With the Description and Habits of Such Kinds as Are the Most Suitable for Pisciculture, Also, Directions for the Most Successful Modes of Angling for Such Kinds of Fish as Are Herein Described
New York: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1858. Very Good. Item #14375
New York: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1858. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, covers blind-embossed with the image of a fish, gilt-lettered spine; 142,[2](ads)pp.; four leaves of plates and myriad text illus. throughout. Cloth a bit scuffed with chipping and fraying at spine ends and corners rather bumped, foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy overall. (Initial photo a bit over-exposed to better catch fish-stamping.)
Early printing of arguably the first work on the subject. The author, Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884), was a man of many diverse interests, practicing and pioneering plastic surgery throughout his storied career; producing wax medallions of such renowned subjects as President Andrew Jackson and Chief Justice John Marshall; and creating the first daguerreotype in the city of Cleveland. The present work fully displays the author's passion for fish: the speckled trout is "charming," the black bass "noble," while the white perch is "beautiful" and "abundant." For additional information see the DAB Vol. 7, pp. 152-3.
Price: $85.00