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Lot 38
  • 38

Sage, Dean

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • The Ristigouche and its salmon fishing. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1888
  • paper and board
FIRST EDITION, number 17 of 105 copies, 4to (324 x 225mm.), aquatint frontispiece, aquatint pictorial title, dedication, 16 etched plates, double-page lithographed map, illustrations in the text, original cloth, edges uncut, hinges weak, frontispiece coming loose, binding a bit rubbed

Literature

Litchfield 58; Bruns S4; Heckscher 1681; Phillips 328

Catalogue Note

“THE FINEST SALMON BOOK EVER PRODUCED” (Litchfield). “A sumptuous volume on angling, delightfully written [and including] an appreciative discussion of the feelings and moods of the sportsman enjoying both hunting and fishing” (Phillips).