First published in 2020 by Frances Lincoln,
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Digital edition: 978-0-71125-227-1
Hardcover edition: 978-0-71125-226-4
Senior Art Editor: Emma Clayton
Picture Researcher: Sara Ayad
Designer: Blok Graphic
Front cover: Adolphe Millot (1857–1921), Nouveau Larousse illustré, 1898, vol. 6, p.972 – fish. Robarts Library, University of Toronto Library, via Archive.org