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The Charles B. Wood III collection of books on Atlantic Salmon fishing (Bibliotheca Salmo Salar).
Lot 176

Scrope, William
Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed, London: John Murray, 1843

5 – 15 November 2022, 12:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

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Scrope, William

Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed, EDITION: Unknown (but fairly large, perhaps 1000 copies). SIZE: 260 x 165 mm. PAGINATION: (xviii)+298+(ii)+16 pp. ILLUSTRATIONS: Thirteen full-page lithographs of which 2 are hand-colored (plates 4 and 5), the remainder "lithographed with color" by L. Haghe after original paintings by Sir David Wilkie, Edwin Landseer, Charles Landseer, William Simson, and Edward Cooke. Also there are eight vignettes "of a large size" engraved on wood by S. Wilkie, mostly after drawings by E. Cooke. BINDING: Cased in full embossed publisher's green cloth with pictorial gilt stamps on upper and lower covers and title within decorative framework on spine. Ticket on rear pastedown: "Bound by Remnant and Edmonds." PRINTER: A. Spottiswoode, London, London: John Murray, 1843

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