(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. Slight "second", without slipcase.
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.
