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Traité général des pesches
Fishing in Open Collections
Open Collections has several collections related to fishing. Today, we will introduce a few of these collections and our favourite digitized items! Fisherman Publishing Society Collection In the Fisherman Publishing Society Collection, we have digitized around 4,000 photographs taken from 1862 to 1989. The Fisherman Publishing Society formed in 1937 and had published a bi-weekly […]
What’s Old is New Again
The objects within Open Collections are beautiful, often rare, and allow connection with history as only primary sources can. As your humble blog correspondent, I am consistently struck with how different things were, yet what we are interested in, our concerns, and struggles are the same. This week, let’s see what the past has to […]
Explore Open Collections: Traité Général des Pesches
The General Treaty of Fish, known in French as Traité général des pesches, was written by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and Jean-Louis De La Marre between 1769 and 1782. It focuses largely on the boats, equipment and techniques of fishermen in France during the era, including fine details about various species of fish. The text […]
Traité Général des Pesches, et histoire des Poissons
Research 18th century scientific studies of fishing and economy through Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau‘s depictions.
