THE FLY-FISHER'S ENTOMOLOGY: With directions for making the artificial representation of each fly, and a few observations and instructions for trout and grayling fishing. By Alfred Ronalds. With twenty coloured plated. Tenth Edition.
(1836) 1901 10th edition. 8vo (140 x 225mm). Ppxvi,132. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece of a trout, a grayling and a salmon parr, and with 19 hand-coloured engraved plates of natural and artificial flies. Dark green blind-decorated cloth, upper board titled in gilt, spine titled in gilt.
Alfred Ronalds was the first of the great angler-naturalists. His book revolutionised flyfishing and flytying, and formed the cornerstone on which all later books on angling entomology were based. This edition has a new preface by J.C.Carter, Ronalds' nephew.
Alfred Ronalds was the first of the great angler-naturalists. His book revolutionised flyfishing and flytying, and formed the cornerstone on which all later books on angling entomology were based. This edition has a new preface by J.C.Carter, Ronalds' nephew.
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2484
| Author | Ronalds (Alfred). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 2484 |
| ISBN | B001AVWPI8. |
| Book Description | Slight rubbing and foxing, two stamps but a very good copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1901 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
| Place | London. |