An Inquiry into the Present State and Means of Improving the Salmon Fisheries: Including a Digest of the Evidence Taken by a Select Committee of the House of Commons.

A very scarce work concerning the state and improvement of salmon fisheries, including the outcome of a recent select committee gathered to discuss the matter. First edition.Bound in quarter morocco with paper-covered boards. Very scarce work. Written anonymously, this work discusses the state of Britain's salmon fisheries and any potential means for improvement. At the time of publication, there was much interest given to the question of salmon fisheries in Britain, with various committee's assembled to consider the laws and make observations. This inquiry follows the report from the Select Committee on the Salmon Fisheries of the United Kingdom, which took place in three meetings in June 1824 and March and June 1825. Bound in quarter morocco with paper-covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, very good, with light rubbing to the extremities and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slighlty cockled, perhaps from historical water damage. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting to the first few pages. Darkening and heavier spotting to the title page. Very Good. …