The Book Of The Salmon In Two Parts. Part I: The Theory, Principles, And Practice Of Fly Dressing For Salmon, With Lists Of Salmon Flies For Every Good River In The Empire. Part II: The Natural History Of The Salmon, All Its Known Habits Described, And The Best Way Of Artificially Breeding It Explained
Author:
EPHEMERA Edward Fitzgibbon
Year:
1850
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
Summary:
xvi -242 pages, 2 + 32 pages of adverts, coloured frontis of salmon flies, 7 other colour plates, 4 being of flies and 3 salmon at various stages of growth and an un coloured plate of salmon hooks. Ownership signature and small armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Some age browning to the text the plates clean. Publishers blind stamped cloth, the head and tail of the spine chipped. Westwood Satchell 85 ." Chapters on artificial flies; their dressing and use, together with monthly lists of recommended flies for both trout and salmon; trolling tackle and techniques; bottom fishing; piscatorial physiology by Erasmus Wilson".
Ref:
24496
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