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Handbook of the fishes of New Zealand

documentary heritage
  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    QL636 SHE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    32564 (Cat ID)

    40414 (DBTextworks system ID)

    25069 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Handbook of the fishes of New Zealand
  • Primary Maker

     Richard Sherrin

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Wilsons and Horton
  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Date
    1886
  • Physical Description

    307 p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 21 cm.

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Fishes--New Zealand

  • Public Access Text

    A popular compilation on the then little-known subject, arranged alphabetically; followed by an account of fish acclimatised in New Zealand, fish culture, curing and canning. Sealing and whaling, with statistics. Information on some well-known English food fishes--Hocken, p. 373. "Written to fill a gap in the country's reference sources"--Bagnall, 5155. Includes advertisements.

  • Associated Notes

    https://archive.org/details/handbookfishesn00shergoog

    Digitised copy available to read online on Internet Archive (accessed 10/1/2018)

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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