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Antiquarian fish prints might be the little luxury you didn’t know you needed
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Two of the first illustrated fish books were by Frenchmen: Pierre Belon in 1553 and Guillaume Rondelet a year later.
(Image credit: Alamy)If game fish, trout and salmon are your thing, then two monographs and the engravings within will appeal most to you.
(Image credit: Alamy)Samuel Kilbourne’s 1874 chromolithograph shows a leaping trout in its natural habitat.
(Image credit: Alamy)For the American market — and specifically targeted at anglers — two more folios of fish prints merit high praise.
Today, it isn’t strictly necessary to venture out, as many dealers are on the internet and one of my favourite websites is Rare Fish & Marine Life Prints.