[Denton Plates] First Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York

Davis, Barnet H.; Lyman, H. H.; Weed, William R.; et al. First Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York; Spine title includes: "Report for 1895" New York and Albany: Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co., Printers, 1896. First Edition. [10248]

Dark brown cloth decorated in blind, black, & gilt, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, some edge-wear, small portion top of spine chewed. [10], [i]-iv. [5]-376 clean pp. plus plates. Complete set of plates including 14 color fish plates by Denton, and the Virginia Deer & Pheasant color plates by Denton. Minor edge-wear to the long edge of the Salmon plate; rest fine. Complete list below. Good.

One of the series recorded in Plum, Adirondack Bibliography, no. 2041. The Report for April, 25, 1895, to September 30, 1895; published in 1896.

One of the desirable series of Adirondack-focused volumes published by the State near the turn of the century. Full of full-page plates and reports on State Forests, Hatcheries, Forest Fires, Deer, Elk, Beaver, Game Birds, Lake Fish, Reforesting, Insects, Railroads, Saltwater Fish, Shellfish, Trout, Pike, Perch, Hunting, Pheasants, &c., &c.

All sixteen Denton color plates are present. The color fish plates are: Brook Trout, Atlantic Salmon, White Fish, Small Mouthed Black Bass, Large Mouthed Black Bass, Pike Perch or Wall-Eyed Pike, Mascalonge, Pike, Pickerel from upper Hudson River, Pickerel from a pond in Massachusetts, Shad, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Smelt, plus the deer and pheasant plates.