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Facsimile reprint, reduced in size from the 1879 edition. Number 380 of 1000 copies. Oblong, 19 x 12.75" portfolio. Gilt-stamped blue paper boards, unprinted black leatherette spine. 47 pp. including map with the 20 reproduction watercolor plates in paper chemise attached inside front cover. Illustrated with line drawings in the text and followed by full-page "Provisional Map Showing the Geographical Distribution of the Game Fishes of Eastern North America." Plates measure 18.5 x 12.5" overall with images themselves being approximately 13.25 x 9.25". Vividly reproduced prints of fish in natural settings in and by the water. Portfolio hinges starting, chip to upper front corner of spine, lower left corners (front and back) lightly bumped, and top plate subtly discolored, presumably from binding materials. Still, very good or better. …