(1842) 1994 rep of 1855 edn. Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey, Devon. Ppxxxviii,259. Colour plates of flies. New introduction by Kevin McKenna. Quarter bonded leather, gilt, silk marker. Fine in slip-case.
Notes: Blacker set up as a fly-dresser and tackle-dealer in Soho in the 1820's. His exciting salmon-fly patterns were among the first to use exotic materials. His book was first published in 1842, then re-issued in 1855 with wonderful new colour plates. This edition limited to 750 copies.
