Alphabet of Scientific Angling for the Use of Beginners

An excellent first edition of Rennie's illustrated guide to angling. An excellent first edition of Scottish naturalist, James Rennie's comprehensive guide to scientific angling.Bound in an attractive modern quarter calf, cloth binding. With helpful, in-text vignette illustrations.Rennie was a professor of natural history and zoology at King's College Cambridge before emigrating to Australia in 1840.Known primarily for his publications on insects and birds, this is a lesser-known example of Rennie's works.An excellent pocket-sized edition for keen collectors of angling and broader fishing texts. Bound in modern, quarter calf and cloth. Externally, in excellent condition. Internally, tightly bound. Pages clean and bright. Evidence of archival repair to half title with a single ink inscription to top corner of page. Marginal age toning. Near Fine.