{"product_id":"john-yalden-fish-account-1742-1827-109129","title":"The Fish Account.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eearly record of fish husbandry\u003c\/h4\u003eA fascinating record of fish farming in Georgian England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe account book opens in 1749 with the sale of '100 store carp at 4 s[hillings] p[er] hundred' to Mr Coleman, and logs the prices, breeding notes, and farmed varieties available — invariably common carp and tench, both of which were considered as much a food source as a coarse fish at the time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the rear, the manuscript contains a collection of notes on Yalden's daily activities: '9th April 1762. Stocked the great pond with 400 carp \u0026amp; 240 tench, the carp was from 6 to 8 inches... the tench from 6 to nine inches — sometime before I put in 500 perch about 6 inches'. With a later partial OS map showing the location of the ponds near Godalming, Surrey in 1874-1880.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManuscript account book; small 4to (21 x 16.5 cm); 55pp. in a clear, easily in legible hand, dated ownership inscription to front free endpaper recto; in contemporary vellum, MS title to upper cover, sprinkled edges, some minor wear to extremities; with later partial OS map showing the location of the ponds in 1874-1880, dissected and laid onto linen, 165 x 102 cm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"YALDEN, John.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57631293768055,"sku":"109129","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/109129.jpg?v=1792601663","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/john-yalden-fish-account-1742-1827-109129","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}