Fish Hatching, and Fish Catching

Rochester, N.Y: Union and Advertiser Co.'s Book and Job Print, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards rubbed and a bit soiled, front free endpaper removed, bookplate remnant on front paste-down, pencil notes on rear endpaper. 1879 Hard Cover. A work on fish hatcheries and fishing by the uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt. An early conservationist, he served as the commissioner of Fisheries of the State of New York. Co-author Seth Green was superintendent of the same organization. Illustrated with engravings, including: the exterior and interior of a hatching house; the ground plan of a New York hatching house; and Seth Green milking spawn from a salmon trout.