The River Dove; With Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the Seat of Mr. Charles Cotton at Beresford Hall, in Staffordshire

by John Lavicount Anderdon

$10,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition, one of 25 large paper copies printed. Extra-illustrated with 13 wood-engraved illustrations on india-proof paper mounted in the margins. iv , 241 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo 11-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches . Bound in contemporary quarter brown morocco and green cloth, titled on spine The River Dove between gilt rules. Front endpaper split at hinge, slightly rubbed. Westwood and Satchell p. 1; Heckscher p. 11. Item #230508

• Binding: Leather

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