First Edition. Hardcover. Wide margins, untrimmed, as handsome a copy as we've seen. The work is divided into three parts: the first discussing the counties of Great Britain and their respective rivers and waters; the second contains descriptions of the various fish, habits, bait, etc.; and third, a list of artifical flies, "the completest collection every yet known". (Westwood & Satchell 205-06). Light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at the spine, ownership bookplate at front pastedown, ownership inscription at the bastard title (1810); else tight, bright, and unmarred. Halfbound, red leather spine and tips, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled pebbled cloth boards, marbled endpages. 8vo. 298pp plus np adverts [6pp].

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Title: Angling: In All Its Branches, Reduced To A Complete Science: Being The Result Of More Than Forty Years Real Practice And Strict Observation Throughout The Kingdoms Of Great Britain And Ireland [Fine Binding]
Publisher: Printed by A. Strahan For T.M. Longman And O. Rees, London
Publication Date: 1800
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Near Fine

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Lux Mentis, Booksellers, 110 Marginal Way, #777, Portland, ME, 04101, U.S.A.

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