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. Place: London Publisher: Date: 1855 Description: xi, [1], 259 pp. Engraved title-page. Illustrated with 21 engraved plates, 18 of which are hand-colored, including the frontispiece; most tissue guards present. 6¼x3¾, period full morocco, gilt-roll borders on the covers, spine ruled & lettered in gilt; custom slipcase. Originally issued as Art of Angling in 1842, then as Blacker's Catechism of Fly-making in 1843, but those editions did not contain the splendid plates depicting flies, which are marvelously detailed and brightly colored. This copy with signature of Thomas Fleet dated August 1862 on title-page. Westwood & Satchell p.33. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing to edges, front hinge tender; a few tissue guards with foxmarks, but the plates clean and vivid; a beautiful copy, about fine. Item number: 155566
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. Place: London Publisher: Date: 1855 Description: xi, [1], 259 pp. Engraved title-page. Illustrated with 21 engraved plates, 18 of which are hand-colored, including the frontispiece; most tissue guards present. 6¼x3¾, period full morocco, gilt-roll borders on the covers, spine ruled & lettered in gilt; custom slipcase. Originally issued as Art of Angling in 1842, then as Blacker's Catechism of Fly-making in 1843, but those editions did not contain the splendid plates depicting flies, which are marvelously detailed and brightly colored. This copy with signature of Thomas Fleet dated August 1862 on title-page. Westwood & Satchell p.33. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing to edges, front hinge tender; a few tissue guards with foxmarks, but the plates clean and vivid; a beautiful copy, about fine. Item number: 155566
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