Author: Sir Humphry Davy
Title: Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing
Description: London, John Murray, 1829. Leather. A smart second edition of Sir Humphrey Davy's informative and entertaining work on fly fishing. The second edition of Sir Humphry Davy's classic work on fishing, published the year after the first edition.Illustrated with six plates, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Sir Humphry Davy was a a British chemist known for the invention of the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. As well as a great inventor, he was also such a keen angler with passion for fly-fishing, that he was given the informal title "the father of modern fly-fishing." This book is often considered as the fly-fisherman bible.'Retaining the original half title.Endpapers renewed.With the inscription James Forbes, 1830, to the title page head.A fascinating guide to fishing through a series of conversations, focussing particularly on salmon and trout fishing.  Rebound in half morocco, with cloth covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints. Front hinge a touch strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to title page head. Pages bright, with the odd handling mark and instance of spotting, and with light tide marks throughout the work. Tide marks most apparent to plates. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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