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1806 "The Driffield Angler" by Alexander Macintosh
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | The Driffield Angler; in Two Parts: Containing Descriptions of the Different Kinds of Fresh Water Fish, and the Best Methods of Taking Them in Rivers, Lakes and Fish Ponds; with Full Directions for Baits, and the Manner of Making Artificial Flies for Every Month in the Season. To Which are Added Instructions for Shooting: with Rules for the Breeding, Breaking, and Management of Pointers and Spaniels; and the Choice of Guns for Game and Wild Fowl. With a Description of the Forest of Blair, in Perthshire, Belonging to his Grace the Duke of Athol; and the Manner of Killing the Deer. Also, a Short Treatise on Coursing, and the Training of Greyhounds (Alexander Macintosh) |
| Genre | Instructional and Textbooks, Sports, Hunting and Fishing, Crafts and Hobbies, Essays, Treatises and Speeches |
| Type of Illustration | Engraving |
| Binding | Paper over boards |
| Dust Jacket | No |
| Publisher or Printer | Printed by the author and sold by H. Mozley |
| Publication Year | Undated, [ 1806 ] |
| Place of Publication | Gainsborough |
| Edition Statement | First Edition |
| Number of Books | 1 |
| Additional Information | This volume features a frontispiece and untrimmed text edges. |
Condition
- detached covers repaired with brown cloth; wear to the cover with rubbed edges, bumped corners and chipping; missing original spine material; writing to endpapers; foxing; fading; tanning to text edges.
Dimensions
1.0" W x 7.75" H x 4.75" D
Item #
ITMG271182
