THE DIARY OF A. J. LANE.
With a description of those fishes to be found in British fresh waters. An hitherto unpublished manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843). A transcription from the original, with commentary, by Len Cacutt. Pp. xxiv+3-130(misbound, with pages 43-73 placed between pp. 106 & 107); f'cap. 12mo; maroon stiff paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle sprung; [together with] a facsimile of the original manuscript diary: Pp. [380], numbered to 190 on rectos only and often printed only on rectos, including numerous blanks within pagination as in the original dairy, plus 40 plates at end (30 coloured or part-coloured); f'cap. 12mo; full black calf, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; top edges red; together within a black papered slipcase with cloth sides; The Medlar Press, The Grange, Ellesmere, 1995. First edition, limited to 1489 numbered copies. *Although the transcription volume is misbound, the text is complete. The diarist describes in detail Britain's' freshwater fish and the methods he used to catch them. The plates, reproducing his original sketches (mostly watercolours) are of fish, flies and baits. Item #097345
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