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The Angling Library of John Simpson: Part One
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The Angling Library of John Simpson: Part One
Back to auction 11938
JACKSON (JOHN)
The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber, first edition, 10 hand-coloured engraved plates, subscribers' list, further leaf of additional subscribers, ownership inscriptions of J.K. Starke, and H.C. Liske, publisher's blue patterned cloth gilt, preserved in solander box [Westwood & Satchell, p.122], 8vo, Charles Farlow, 1854
Sold for
£812
inc. premium
Footnotes
- A classic work on the making of imitation flies. Jackson was one of the few authors to copy Ronalds' innovation of depicting images of both the natural and artificial flies on the same plate for comparison. This copy with the plates hand-coloured, originally published at 7s.6d., the plain copies being issued at 5s.
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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