Salmonia: or days of fly fishing, in a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belongong to the genus Salmo. By An Angler. Third edition.
by DAVY, Sir Humphrey
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London, John Murray, , 1832.. 1832 xiii, [1], 335, [1] p. Six engraved plates as the Contents list + three plates of flies and small wood engravings in the text. Contemporary half calf with marbled bords and endpapers. Spine gilt with wide, flat bands and a contrasting label. Leather with minor rubs only. Ownership inscription dated 1842 in pencil, with the same genrleman's occasional faint marginal marks also in pencil. A very good copy of this classic angling text.
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- Salmonia: or days of fly fishing, in a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belongong to the genus Salmo. By An Angler. Third edition.
- Author
- DAVY, Sir Humphrey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Murray,
- Date Published
- 1832.
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