215 results
- Pictures
- Online
A tailor fishing on a river bank is cowering away from a man with a large cosh hidden behind his back, who robs him of his hat, coat and boots. Lithograph after R. Seymour, 183-.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1830-1839Reference: 31616i- Pictures
- Online
A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.
Bout, Pieter, approximately 1640-1689.Date: [1779]Reference: 29863i- Pictures
- Online
Dorothy Pentreath, a Cornish speaking fishseller. Line engraving by R. Scaddan.
Scaddan, R.Reference: 1754i- Books
- Online
The Russian fur trade, 1550-1700 / by Raymond H. Fisher.
Fisher, Raymond H. (Raymond Henry), 1907-1994Date: 1943- Books
- Online
Farther reasons humbly offer'd for passing the Fish Bill.
Date: 1715]- Books
- Online
Reasons for taking off the present prohibition of curing fish in Scotland, with British salt, for exportation; while the English lie under no such restraint.
Date: 1719]- Pictures
- Online
A domestics couple of low caste. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28394i- Books
- Online
Reasons humbly offer'd for passing the bill, for preventing the importation of fresh fish caught by foreigners, and the preservation of the brood and fry of fish.
Date: 1715]- Books
- Online
The mechanic, or, Compendium of practical inventions : containing two hundred and thirteen articles, selected and original, arranged under the following heads: I. Manufactures and trade, II. Philosophical apparatus and the fine arts, III. Rural and domestic economy, and miscellanies ... / By James Smith.
Smith, James, 1759-1828?Date: [1816]- Books
- Online
A dialogue between S. and E.
Date: 1710?]- Books
- Online
The natural history of North-Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs, of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. Strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c. Illustrated with copper-plates. By John Brickell, M. D.
Brickell, John, 1710?-1745.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Pictures
A woman who sells groceries examines a herring from a barrel of fish offered to her by a young man. Mezzotint after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 31163i- Books
- Online
Salt and fishery : a discourse thereof insisting on the following heads : 1) the several ways of making salt in England, and foreign parts, 2) the character and qualities good and bad, of these several sorts of salt, English refin'd asserted to be much better than any foreign, 3) the catching and curing, or salting of the most eminent or staple sorts of fish, for long or short keeping, 4) the salting of flesh, 5) the cookery of fish and flesh, 6) extraordinary experments in preserving butter, flesh, fish, fowl, fruit, and roots, fresh and sweet, for long keeping, 7) the case and sufferings of the saltworkers, 8) proposals for their relief, and for the advancement of the fishery, the woollen, tin, and divers other manufactures / by John Collins.
Collins, John, 1625-1683Date: 1682- Pictures
- Online
Ship-building: two types of Japanese boat. Drawing by J. Smith, c.1833.
Smith, James, active 1833.Date: 1833Reference: 44510i- Books
Herring tales : how the silver darlings shaped human taste and history / Donald S. Murray ; illustrations by Douglas Robertson.
Murray, Donald S.Date: 2015- Books
Tables relating to 1. Wrecks of and casualties to British ships, and lives lost thereby, 2. Wrecks of and casualties to British ships, exclusive of fishing vessels, registered in the United Kingdom, and lives lost thereby, in each of the twelve years 1875 to 1886, both years inclusive.
Date: 1888- Books
- Online
Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants / [William Ellis].
Ellis, William, 1794-1872Date: 1830- Books
- Online
Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants / By William Ellis.
Ellis, William, 1794-1872.Date: 1829- Books
- Online
Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament, why stock-fish and live eels should be imported into England : Notwithstanding the same being at present prohibited by the act, which prohibits the importation of Irish cattle and forreign fish.
Date: [between 1679 and 1680]- Books
- Online
The natural history of North-Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the map of the country, several strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c. By John Brickell, M.D.
Brickell, John, 1710?-1745.Date: 1737- Books
- Online
The world in miniature; or, The entertaining traveller. Being a new description of the world in every thing necessary and curious; as to situation, customs, manners, genius, temper, diet, diversions, religious, and other ceremonies; trade, manufactures, arts, and sciences; government, policies, laws, religions, buildings; beasts, birds, fishes, plants, reptiles, drugs; cities, mountains, rivers, and other curiosities, belonging to each country. By Mr. John Fransham of Norwich.
Fransham, John, -1753.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Ephemera
Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil with hypophosphites : palatable as milk : this codfish weighing 156 pounds was caught off the coast of Norway (taken from life) / Scott & Bowne.
Scott & Bowne.Date: [1884], ©1884- Books
- Online
The world in miniature: or, the entertaining traveller. Giving an account of every thing necessary and curious; As to Situation, Customs, Manners, Genius, Temper, Diet, Diversions, Religious and other Ceremonies; Trade, Manufactures, Arts, and Sciences; Government, Policies, Laws, Buildings; Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Plants, Drugs; Cities, Mountains, Rivers, and other Curiosities, belonging to each Country. ... . With several curious and useful tables. The second edition much enlarg'd: also the addition of a new sett of cutts. By Mr. John Fransham, of Norwich.
Fransham, John, -1753.Date: 1741- Books
Free guide to health & nutrition : vitamins, minerals, fish oils, food supplements, lifestyle, health & beauty help yourself / [Pharmadass Ltd].
Pharmadass Ltd.Date: [1998?]- Books
Free guide to health & nutrition : vitamins, minerals, fish oils, food supplements, lifestyle, health & beauty help yourself / [Pharmadass Ltd].
Pharmadass Ltd.Date: [1993?]