Author: DAVY. SIR. HUMPHREY. ; PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY.
Title: SALMONIA. Or days of fly fishing.In a series of conversations.With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo.By An Angler.
Description: John Murray.London. 1828. FIRST EDITION.PRESENTATION COPY.Inscribed on the title page"Presented to J South by the Author".J.South was the famous astronomer Sir James South(1785-1867).A note bound in before the text states that the book was bought at the sale of South`s library at the observatory,Campden Hill,Kensington,24th June 1870.Following this the same person has copied out an extract from the memoirs of Sir William Knighton,Physician to King George the fourth,writing about this book and a review written about it by Walter Scott for the Quarterly review.This covers three sides.3 engraved plates,plus several smaller engravings throughout the text.Very good clean copy bound,without half title,in twentieth century full ten buckram,spine ruled and lettered in gilt.A very good copy.

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