Westwood - Sage Copy
The Angler's Hand-Book.
London: R. Tyas, 50, Cheapside; J. Menzies, Edinburgh, [n.d., 1840].
Price:
$1,500.00
Third edition. Two hand-colored engraved plates of flies “including many never before figured.” Pp. iv, [9]-67, 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo (113 x 77 mm). Half red calf gilt and marbled boards, marbled edges. Bookplates of Thomas Westwwod and Dean Sage. Westwood & Satchell, p. 9; Heckscher 62.
Item #365063
A diminutive, popular treatise, first published in 1838. The delightful hand-colored plates display a total of 24 flies.
An outstanding copy, with provenance from angling bibliographer Thomas Westwood (1814-88), and Dean Sage, collector and author of The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing (1888).
Item #365063
A diminutive, popular treatise, first published in 1838. The delightful hand-colored plates display a total of 24 flies.
An outstanding copy, with provenance from angling bibliographer Thomas Westwood (1814-88), and Dean Sage, collector and author of The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing (1888).
