Traité général des pesches
Subtitle: et histoire des poissons qu'elles fournissent, tant pour la subsistance des hommes, que pour plusieurs autres usages qui ont rapport aux arts et au commerce
By: Par M. Duhamel du Monceau, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences; de la Société Royale de Londres; des Académies de Petersbourg, de Palerme, & de l'Institut de Bologne; honoraire de la Société de l'Edimbourg, & de l'Académie de Marine; associé à plusieurs Sociétés d'agricultures; inspecteur général de la Marine: et M. de la Marre..
Contributors: La Marre, L. H. de, approximately 1730-
Publisher: Chez Saillant & Nyon, libraires, rue S. Jean-de-Beauvais.; Desaint, libraire, rue du Foin S. Jacques.
Published: 1769
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Fishes; Pictorial works; Fishing; Fisheries; Marine animals
Other titles: Traité général des pêches
Notes: La Marre's name appears only on title page of volume 1.

Names of printers and dates of printing from colophons.

Spelling of title varies: Titles of volumes 3-4 and all caption titles: "Traité général des pêches."

Volume 1 printed in 1769; volume 2 printed in 1772; volume 3 printed in 1777; volume 4 printed in 1782.

Imprint varies: volumes 1 published by Saillant & Nyon and Desaint; volumes 2-3 published by Saillant & Nyon and veuve Desaint; volume 4 published by Veuve Desaint.

Text mostly printed in two parallel columns.

Pagination: volume 1, part 1: [4], 84 pages, plates I-XXI;volume 1, part 2: [2], 66, [3], 67-192 pages, plates I-L; volume 1, part 3: [2], 51, [1], 57-140 pages, plates !-XV; volume 2, part 2, 1st secton volume 2: [4], 579, [1] pages, plates I-XXVII; volume 2, part 2, 2nd section: [2], 181-314 pages, plates I-XVII; volume 2, part 2, 3rd section: [2], 315-488 pages, plates I-XXII; volume 2, part 2, 3rd section continued: [2], 489-579, [1] pages, plates XXIII-XXXI; volume 3, part 2, 4th section: [4], 82 pages, plates I-XV; volume 3, part 2, 5th section: [2], 83-130 pages,plates I-XI; volume 3, part 2, 6th section: [3], 132-164 pages, plates I-V; volume 3, part 2, 7th section: [3], 166-217, [1] pages, plates I-IX; volume 3, part 2, 8th section: [3], 220-251, [1] pages, plates I-VII; volume 3, part 2, 9th section: [3], 254-326 pages, plates I-XXIV; volume 3, part 2, 9th section continued: [1], 328-336 pages, plates XXV; volume 4: [4], 73, [1] pages, plates I-XV.

Signatures volume 1, part 1: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-X²; volume 1, part 2: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) A-R² (R2 verso blank) chi1 (chi1 verso blank) S-3B² 3C² (-3C2) (3C missigned 2C) ²pi1 (2pi1 verso blank) A-2M² (O2 verso blank);volume 2: pỉ (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-2V² 2X² (-2X2) 2Y² 2Z² (-2Z2); volume 2, part 2, 2nd section: chi1 (chi1 verso blank) 3A-4K² 4L² (-4L2); volume 2, part 2, 3rd section: chi² (-chi2) (chi1 verso blank) 4M-6H² 6I² (-6I2); volume 2, part 2, 3rd section continued: ³chi² (-³chi2) (³chi1 verso blank) 6K-7H² (gatherings 7C and 7D missigned 6C and 6D) 7I² (-7I2) (7I1 verso blank); volume 3, volume 2, part 2, 4th section: pỉ (pi, pi2 versos blank) A-V² X² (-X2); volume 3, part 2, 5th section: chi1 (chi1 verso blank) Y-2K²; volume 3, part 2, 6th section: ²chi1 (²chi1 verso blank) 2L-2S² 2T² (-2T2); volume 3, part 2, 7th section: ³chi1 (³chi1 verso blank) 2V-3I² ⁴chi1 (⁴chi1 verso blank); volume 3, part 2, 8th section: ⁴chi2 (⁴chi12 verso blank) 3K-3R² 3S² (-3S2); volume 3, part 2, 9th section: ⁵chi1 (⁵chi1 verso blank) 3T-4N² 4O² (-4O2); volume 3, part 2, 9th section continued: 4P-4Q² 4R² (-4R2); volume 4: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-S² T² (-T2) (T21 verso blank).

Errata: volume 1, part 2: page 66; volume 2: page 579; volume 4: page 73.

Includes indexes.

Plates engraved by Moitte filius, Angelique Moitte, Eth. Haussard, Cth. Haussard, Cne. Haussard, N. Ransonette, P.L. Cor, Cors, Berthault, and Bernard.

Engraved printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces.

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