Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing. In A Series Of Conversations. With Some Account Of The Habits Of Fishes Belonging To The Genus Salmo, by Sir Humphrey Davy. London: John Murray, 1828, first edition.
Boards first covered in marbled paper by Abra Mueller, then further covered in Atlantic salmon parchment processed by the binder. Attachment of parchment to the boards is reinforced with salmon parchment tackets painted with shell gold. Spine wrapper of parchment over red Roma paper.
Hahnemühle Ingres endpapers with Roma flexi flyleaves and pastedowns. Rolled Japanese tissue endbands. Head and tail of spine wrapper painted with shell gold. Label of Japanese tissue over marbled paper, title stamped in dark brown foil. Bound 2026.
7 x 4 ½ x 1 ¼”
18 x 11.5x 3 cm
This volume by British scientist Humphrey Davey continues the tradition of The Compleat Angler, as an extended reflection on science, nature, and the human condition through the lens of fly fishing. The book contains three engravings and a sprinkling of smaller illustrations of fish in vaguely whimsical environments.
Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing. In A Series Of Conversations. With Some Account Of The Habits Of Fishes Belonging To The Genus Salmo, by Sir Humphrey Davy. London: John Murray, 1828, first edition.
Boards first covered in marbled paper by Abra Mueller, then further covered in Atlantic salmon parchment processed by the binder. Attachment of parchment to the boards is reinforced with salmon parchment tackets painted with shell gold. Spine wrapper of parchment over red Roma paper.
Hahnemühle Ingres endpapers with Roma flexi flyleaves and pastedowns. Rolled Japanese tissue endbands. Head and tail of spine wrapper painted with shell gold. Label of Japanese tissue over marbled paper, title stamped in dark brown foil. Bound 2026.
7 x 4 ½ x 1 ¼”
18 x 11.5x 3 cm
This volume by British scientist Humphrey Davey continues the tradition of The Compleat Angler, as an extended reflection on science, nature, and the human condition through the lens of fly fishing. The book contains three engravings and a sprinkling of smaller illustrations of fish in vaguely whimsical environments.
