Blacker's Art Of Fly Making and Comprising Angling and Dyeing of Colours With Engravings of Salmon and Trout Flies. Showing the Progress of the Gentle Craft as Taught in These Pages With Descriptions of Flies For the Season of the Year as They Come Out of the Water
Author:
BLACKER William
Year:
1855
Edition:
rewritten and revised by the author Blacker "himself fishing tackle maker" Edn,
Publisher:
the author
City of Publication:
54 Dean St, Soho
Summary:
(4)-xi (1) -259 pages, 22 engraved plates including the title page are on thick paper, coloured frontis and 17 hand-coloured plates of fly making material and flies there are 3 uncolored plates of paternoster tackle. Ownership name to the blank margin of the contents page dated 1856, small gilt leather bookplate of W.A Foyle Beeleigh Abbey to inner blank, offset to frontis tissue guard from the book plate. Original full black leather binding with gilt ruled borders to the boards and the spine with a second rolled tooth ruling , some light rubbing to head and tail of the spine and edges. Blacker worked at 54 Dean Street, Soho, London from 1842 - 1857. In 1842 he published The Art Of Angling and Complete System Of Fly Making. The book was reissued in 1843 as Blacker's Catechism Of Fly Making, this edition contained actual flies, the numbering of flies differs in some copies. The book was reissued in 1855 as Blacker's Art Of Fly Making. This copy is an early issue containing the scarce coloured frontis, the plate list is part of a four-page extract review of the book taken from Bells Life in London dated April 8th, 1855, referring to the recently published Art Of Fly Making, it is noted that "the book contains no fewer than 17 engraved plates" and how "Blacker supervised the colouring of the plates to the highest standard". It has been noted that Blacker issued many of his books to order, this would account for the variations to books containing flies. I have handled other copies of the 1855 edition where all the plates are uncoloured or differ in number and the tooling of the leather-bound copies differ. The plate list calls for 22 plates including the engraved title page. It has been noted that Blacker issued many of his books to order, this would account for the variations to books containing flies. I have handled other copies of the 1855 edition where all the plates are uncoloured or differ in number and the tooling of the leather-bound copies differ. W.S. 32/33 ?650
Ref:
24207
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