Lot 399

Blacker, William

Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 10 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
£502
Description
Art of Flymaking &c, Comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours. London: the author, 1855, 12mo, engraved title, 21 plates (17 hand-coloured), publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with floral design at corners of covers
Footnote
Note: The "third" edition of 1855, ending at page 259 but with the frontispiece uncoloured. Some light spotting but a bright fresh copy; Westwood & Satchell, p.32
Provenance: Macfarlane, armorial bookplate.
