Author: WILLIAM SCROPE, ESQ. F. L. S.
Title: Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc.
Description: First Edition. London. John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1843. First Edition. Tall octavo (9 1/2 x 7). xvii, [xviii-xx], [1], 2- 298 pp. including appendix. Extra engraved title page and printed title page. Color tinted frontispiece titled "Burning the Water." Thirteen plates in total. Ten color tinted lithograph plates. Three hand-colored plates - one showing six beautifully crafted salmon flies and two of salmon. Wood engravings by L. Haghe, T. Landseer and S. Williams from paintings by Sir David Wilkie, Edwin Landseer, Charles Landseer, William Simson and Edward Landseer. Text illustrations. Eleven chapters in which Mr. Scrope delights his readers with poignant, beguiling prose. The book is elegantly bound in full tan calf with raised hubs, gilt rules and titles within six compartments on the spine, intertwined with gilt decorations. Inside gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. It’s simply sophisticated. The book and its contents in fine condition.

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