The Golden Book of Portuguese Tinned Fish. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photomontage and numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations. Folio, 335 x 250 mm, bound in publisher’s gilt paper wrappers, with elaborate endpapers featuring a stylized gilt fish pattern. Lisbon: [The Portuguese Institute of Tinned Fish], 1938.
An elaborate promotional publication on the history, preservation, health benefits and overall deliciousness of Portuguese tinned fish. Bound in gold paper with highly decorative endpapers featuring fish printed in gilt, along with photomontages and full page chromolithographs The Portuguese Institute of Tinned Fish spare no expense when promoting it’s product. Bottom right corner a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy.
