THE TWELVE FLIES. To which is affixed the discourse on how fishing brings man to a merry spirit, which makes a flowering age and a long one from The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle which may be by Juliana Berners... With woodcuts by Susan Mead Matthews.

1996 1st edition. 8vo (177 x 244mm). Not paginated (pp37). Twelve hand-coloured woodcut illustrations of flies by Susan Mead Matthews. Hand-painted paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with white label titled in green. Edition limited to 50 copies.

Full title:- "The Twelve Flies to which is affixed the discourse on how fishing brings man to a merry spirit, which makes a flowering age and a long one from The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle which may be by Juliana Berners and was added to the new edition of The Book of St. Albans by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496. With woodcuts by Susan Mead Matthews." A scarce private-press book published to celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of the publication of The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle. Only 76 copies were produced, numbers 1 to 50 quarter-bound in cloth, copies A to Z quarter-bound in leather. This is copy number 45 of the cloth-bound issue.