SCROPE, WILLIAM. 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. London (John Murray 1843. Large 8:o. Extra lithograph title with coloured vignette, 12 partly coloured lithograph plates (all, 1 loose, minor foxing), woodcut vignettes after D. Wilkie, E. Landseer, Ch. Landseer, W. Simson, and E. Cooke by L. Haghe, T. Landseer, and S. Williams. Later (early 20th century) brown half leather, slightly worn, faded gilt spine, nearly uncut. Minor foxing. Bookplate of Gustaf Berndtsson. Photo. Nissen ZBI 3790. One of the great classics of the early nineteenth century, Days and Nights gives a very good account of what it was like to fish at the dawn of the salmon fly fishing craze which struck in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. It is also one of the few books to give any insight into what salmon flies looked like prior to the 1850s. From the library of Gustaf Berndtsson.
SCROPE, WILLIAM. 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. London (John Murray 1843. Large 8:o. Extra lithograph title with coloured vignette, 12 partly coloured lithograph plates (all, 1 loose, minor foxing), woodcut vignettes after D. Wilkie, E. Landseer, Ch. Landseer, W. Simson, and E. Cooke by L. Haghe, T. Landseer, and S. Williams. Later (early 20th century) brown half leather, slightly worn, faded gilt spine, nearly uncut. Minor foxing. Bookplate of Gustaf Berndtsson. Photo. Nissen ZBI 3790. One of the great classics of the early nineteenth century, Days and Nights gives a very good account of what it was like to fish at the dawn of the salmon fly fishing craze which struck in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. It is also one of the few books to give any insight into what salmon flies looked like prior to the 1850s. From the library of Gustaf Berndtsson.
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