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Anno regni Georgii II. Regis ... vicesimo secundo : An Act for making a free market for the sale of fish in the City of Westminster; and for preventing the forestalling and monopolising of fish, and for the sale of fish, under the dimensions mentioned in a clause contained in an Act of the first year of His Late Majesty's reign, in case the same are taken with a hook.
Great Britain.Date: 1749- Books
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An account of the number of ships, with their tonnage, which have been employed in the trade between the British Islands in the West Indies and the British colonies in North America, including Newfoundland, in the year 1788; specifying the articles imported from the British Islands in the West Indies to the British Colonies in North America and Newfoundland, and the quantity of fish exported to the British West India Islands from Newfoundland. Pursuant to an order of the Honble. the House of Commons, dated 1st March 1790. Ordered to be printed 18th March 1790.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1790]- Books
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The present state of Scotland, now North Britain. Part II. The second edition. Containing, An Account of the Country in general; of each County in Particular, with the Families of chief note; of the Western and Northern Isles; of the Product of the Nation for Trade, especially Fish; of their Export and Import; of the nature of the Climate, Soil, Fountains, Rivers, Lakes and Seas; of the Customs of the ancient and modern Inhabitants; of the Antiquity, Independency, Government, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical; Members of Parliament, Officers of State, Privy-Counsellors, Judges, Military Officers, and standing Forces of the Nation.
Miège, Guy, 1644-1718?.Date: 1711- Books
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The London fishery laid open: or the arts of the fishermen and fishmongers set in a true light. With some further considerations, arising from the good Effect the Public has received by the Act of Parliament passed to prevent the forestalling and monopolizing of fish, and the Act for amending the same; and shewing also how this evil may effectually be cured. In a letter to * * * * * * By one of the trustees appointed to put the above Acts in execution.
One of the Trustees.Date: M.DCC.LIX. [1759]- Ephemera
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Schwartz grill & sizzle for chargrilled chicken kebabs / [McCormick (UK) Ltd.].
McCormick (UK) Ltd.Date: [2001]- Pictures
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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- Books
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A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year, 1699. Wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St Jago. The Bay of All Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brasil. Cape Salvadore. The Winds on the Brasilian Coast. Abrohlo-Shoals. A table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The Course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast &c. of New Holland. Their Inhabitants, Manners, Customs, Trade, &c. Their Harbours, Soil, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. Trees, Plants, Fruits, &c. Illustrated with several maps and draughts; also divers Birds, Fishes, and Plants, not found in this part of the World, Curiously Ingraven on Copper-Plates. Vol.III. By Captain William Dampier.
Dampier, William, 1651-1715.Date: 1703- Pictures
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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
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Dorothy Pentreath, a Cornish speaking fishseller. Line engraving by R. Scaddan.
Scaddan, R.Reference: 1754i- Books
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The Russian fur trade, 1550-1700 / by Raymond H. Fisher.
Fisher, Raymond H. (Raymond Henry), 1907-1994Date: 1943- Books
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Farther reasons humbly offer'd for passing the Fish Bill.
Date: 1715]- Books
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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
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A domestics couple of low caste. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28394i- Books
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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
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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
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A dialogue between S. and E.
Date: 1710?]- Books
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The Edinburgh almanack for the year M.DCC.LXXXII. Being the second after leap year and of the Julian period 6495. Inscribed, with the greatest respect, to the Rt. Hon. David Stewart, Esq; Lord Provost. Wil. Garloway, Donald Smith, Ja. Bartlet, Francis Shane, Esqrs. Bailies, Tho. Cleghorn Esq; dean of Guild, Wm. Thomson, Esq; treasurer, John Grieve, Esq; Old Provost, Ja. Hunter-B... Hotchkis, Charles Wallace, Gilbert ... Esqrs. Old Bailies, Arch. M'Dowall, Esq; old dean of Guild, Wm. Scott, Esq; old treasurer, Mess. Robert Allan, James Gordon, John Spottiswood, merchant counsellors, Mess. Tho. Miller, Adam Smith, trades counsellors, ordinary deacons, Francis Brodie, wrights, George Chalmers, masons, Wil. Fraser, Hammermen, John Douglas, waulkers, James Robertson, fleshers, Ro. Wemyss, bonnetmakers, deacon conveener of the trades, extraordinary deacons, Wm. Chalmers, surgeons, Arch. Ochiltree, goldsmiths, James Greig, skinners, Thomas Kennedy, furriers, Tho. Hunter, taylors, William Young, bakers, Tho. Malcolm, cordiners, Cha. M'Laggan, weavers,
Date: [1782]- Books
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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]- Books
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The edinburgh almanack for the year M.DCC.LXXXII. Being the 2d after Leap Year, and of the Julian Period 6495. Inscribed, with the greatest Respect, to The Rt. Hon. David Steuart, Esq; Lord Provost, Wil. Galloway, Donald Smith, Ja. Bartlet, Francis Shand, Esqrs. Bailies, Tho. Cleghorn, Esq; Dean of Guild, Wm. Thomson, Esq; Treasurer, John Grieve, Esq; Old Provost, Ja. Hunter-Blair, Ja. Hotchkis, Charles Wallace, Gilbert Meason, Esqrs. Old Bailies, Arch. M'dowall, Esq; Old Dean of Guild, Wm. Scott, Esq; Old Treasurer, Mess. Robert Allan, James Gordon, John Spottiswood, Merchant Counsellors, Mess. Tho. Miller, Adam Smith, Trades Counsellors, Ordinary Deacons, Francis Brodie, Wrights, George Chalmers, Masons, Wil. Fraser, Hammermen, John Douglas, Waulkers, James Robertson, Fleshers, Ro. Wemyss, Bonnetmakers, Deacon Conveener of the Trades, Extraordinary Deacons, Wm. Chalmers, Surgeons, Arch. Ochiltree, Goldsmiths, James Greig, Skinners, Thomas Kennedy. Furriers, Tho. Hunter, Taylors, William Young, Bakers, Tho. Malcolm, Cordiners, Cha. M'laggan, Weavers,
Date: [1782]- 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
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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
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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- 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
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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