Rare Antique Hawaiian Fish Chromolithographs

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Exonautes gilberti snyder BFH171 $35	Seahorse, Hippocampus hilonis BFH172 SOLD


Cypsilurus atrisignis BFH173 $25	Gnatholepis knighti BFH174 $25


Engyprosopon arenicola BFH175 $25	Antennarius laysanius BFH176 $25


Teuthis umbra BFH177 $25	Carangus helvolus BFH178 $25


Pseudocheilinus evanidus BFH179 $25	Scarus dubius BFH180 $25


Merinthe macrocephala BFH181 $25	Scorpaenopsis catocala BFH182 $25


Myripristis argyromus BFH183 $25	Holocentrus ensifer BFH184 $25


Glyphisodon sinodonis BFH185 $25	Apogonichthys waikiki BFH186 $25


Cheilodactylus vittatus BFH187 $25	Ostracion schlemmeri BFH188 $25


Tropidichthys psegma BFH189 $25	Ostracion oahuensis BFH190 $25


Stephanolepis pricei BFH191 $25	Lagocephalus oceanicus BFH192 $25


Upeneus arge BFH193 $25	Quisquilius eugenius BFH194 $25


Gobiopterus farcimen BFH195 $25	Promethichthys prometheus BFH196 $25


Etelis evurus BFH197 $25	Ariomma lurida BFH198 $25


Jordanicus umbratilis BFH199 $25	Vitraria clarescens BFH200 $25


Scarus bennetti BFH201 $25	Thalassoma aneitense BFH202 $25


Antennarius drombus BFH203 $25	Myripristis symmetricus BFH204 $25


Decapterus sanctae-helenae BFH205 $25	Ostracion schlemmeri BFH206 $25


Antennarius nexilis, duescus BFH207 $25	Chaetodon corallicola, Holacanthus fisheri BFH208 $25	Collybus drachme, Apogon erythrinus BFH209 $25


Cirrhilabrus jordani, Hemipteronotus jenkinsi BFH210 $25	Carangus cheilio, Carangoides ajax BFH211 $25
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These beautiful chromolithographs were executed by Julius Bien & Company for "Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1903." The fish were mostly illustrated by A.H. Baldwin, among others, and published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1905. The article, "The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands," by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann was also included in this bulletin. These prints are now very scarce, as only 250 copies of the bulletin were issued.

The U.S. Fish Commission was established in 1871. Spencer Fullerton Baird, who was the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was the first commissioner, appointed by President Grant. According to the Archives Center of the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History, the commission "launched and carried out the first sustained study of marine biology in the United States. It was instrumental in the artificial propagation of fish, thus increasing the country's fish resources, and concentrating attention on the preservation of natural resources."

Each print measures approximately 10 1/4 inches by 7 1/2 inches with vibrant color on quality, slightly creamy paper that is clean, with some faint edge toning and a very few fox marks. The top date and plate number are intact, with some binding marks, as is typical for this issue. On a few, there are marginal repairs as shown. There is no descriptive text, but a copy of the title page will be provided.