Championed as one of the gentlest and most calming of field sports, angling has had its notable votaries throughout its history, from Isaak Walton to Horatio Nelson. In this charming book on the pleasures of fly fishing, the eminent chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) adds his name to the list. He assigns his often poetic arguments to an imaginary cast of four friends, some of whom adore the sport while others question its morality as they embark on a series of angling trips. As their conversations progress, the friends ...
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Championed as one of the gentlest and most calming of field sports, angling has had its notable votaries throughout its history, from Isaak Walton to Horatio Nelson. In this charming book on the pleasures of fly fishing, the eminent chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) adds his name to the list. He assigns his often poetic arguments to an imaginary cast of four friends, some of whom adore the sport while others question its morality as they embark on a series of angling trips. As their conversations progress, the friends discuss entomology and biology, the finer techniques of landing trout, and the use of peacock feathers and yellow monkey fur in the making of artificial flies. Originally published in 1828, Davy's book offers a glimpse of the sportsman behind the chemist and remains both accessible and instructive for modern enthusiasts.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 290 p. Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology . 3 Plates, black and white; 9 Line drawings, unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Good. Calf boards, contemporary spine with gilt titles. Gilt edges, marbled end-papers. xvi, 305pp. Engravings. Fourth edition 1851. Binding slightly rubbed and worn. Previous owners' bookplate to front pastedown and front blank. Gift message to front blank. A rather pleasing copy. (bs136)
Add this copy of Salmonia, Or Days of Fly Fishing: in a Series of to cart. $168.00, good condition, Sold by Aquila Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1840 by Smith, Elder and Co.
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Good to very good. 1st printing thus. xii, 388pp. + [2]pp. (publisher's ads)pp. Octavo in original blindstamped green cloth and pale yellow coated endpapers with 3 engraved plates of flies. Foot and head of spine chipped with bookplates of a previous owner on front pastedown. good to very good Issued as Volume IX of "The Life and Collected Works of Sir Humphrey Davy" edited by his brother John Davy, also sold separately in a cloth binding for 10s and 6d.
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