The Fly-Fisher's Entomology: with directions for making the artificial representations of each fly; and a few observations and instructions on Trout and Grayling Fishing

by Alfred Ronalds

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

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Limited Edition, No. 159 of 270 copies, signed by the publisher. Illustrated with 7 photogravure and 13 hand-colored etched plates; Vol. II contains 48 flies in 9 thick card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Handsomely bound in full green crushed morocco, gilt rules on upper and lower covers, gilt panelled spine with emblematic devices, inner dentelles, t.e.g., by Birdsall. Spines uniformly faded to brown, a few tiny nicks, else fine, with ownership inscriptions and

• Binding: Leather

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