This excellent first edition copy is inscribed calligraphically "Fishes of Seychelles. Presentation Copy. Richard Liversidge Esq. With Compliments. April 1963" and signed by both authors and "R Liversidge 26/4/1963". Dr Liversidge was the long-serving director of the Kimberley Museum, the joint author of three editions of Roberts Birds and the author of The Birds Around Us (see Lot 105).
The unclipped dustjacket (R4.50) has been painstakingly repaired and the rest of the book is unmarked and in very good to near fine condition. "Generous donations from various sources have been used to keep the price of this handsome volume down to a fraction of its actual cost." Acknowledgment is also given to the Seychelles government and others who made the Smiths' work possible.
As well as endpaper maps and a photographic frontispiece, there are illustrations of "more than 920 species". These are not limited to those in Seychelles waters, but to the whole of the western Indian Ocean, including "Mauritius, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanganyika, Mozambique and South Africa". In addition to figures in the text, including one illustrating the first three coelacanths, there are 101 full-page plates, of which 42 are in colour, each with up to 15 drawings and paintings (by Margaret Smith).
See also the next lot.
- Jacket Condition: Good +
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 285 x 220
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