Title: Blacker's Art of Flymaking &c. Comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours. With Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies Shewing the Process of the Gentle Craft as Taught in the Pages. With Descriptions of Flies for the Season of the Year as They Come Out on the Water. Rewritten & Revised by the Author Blacker, Himself, Fishing Tackle Maker....
Author: Blacker, William
Description: v-xii, viii, 259 pp. Engraved title-page. Illustrated with 21 engraved plates, 17 of which are hand-colored; tissue guards. (12mo) original blindstamped green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rewritten and revised by the author.Originally issued as Art of Angling in 1842, then as Blacker's Catechism of Fly-making in 1843. This edition contains splendid plates depicting flies, which are marvelously detailed and brightly hand colored. Earlier editions contained mounted flies. Westwood & Satchell call for the frontispiece to also be hand-colored, it is uncolored in this copy. Westwood & Satchell p.33.
Heading: Place Published: London
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Date Published: 1855

Slight lean to spine, lightly worn at extremities, front hinge cracking, bookplate; light foxing, previous owner's notes on title page in ink and in pencil on rear endpaper; very good.