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JESSE,EDWARD,Esq.,F.L.S: : An Angler's Rambles

LONDON.JOHN VAN VOORST,1836.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG. No owner inscrptn,but a b/w illustrated armorial bookplate [Mount Edgcumbe Library] with ink numerical,library location/place information,pasted to front pastedown - NO other library marks or indications to the book.Publisher's original blind stamped/tooled,decorated bds and bd's edges/borders,originally purple/mauve cloth bds - now faded,with passage of time,to a brown colour/shade. Generally clean with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or rubbing,to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or fraying - a solid sound copy.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing with bright,stamped gilt title-block and decoration.Top edge darkened (coloured originally?),fore-edges aged but cleaner and untrimmed,contents bright, tight and clean with minimal foxing and no hinge cracking.Book is very lightly cocked.8vo,2-318pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,fishing club,Walton and Cotton Club medal - mottoed "Dum Capimus Capimur",b/w engraved illustrated dedication page,the dedicatee [Walter Campbell,of Islay, M.P.] being the President of said fishing club,author preface,4 b/w engraving/illus interspersed through the text and book,an index and publisher's 2pp adverts to rear. Although not a manual,a book of anecdotes about various characters etc, Jesse encountered on his angling adventures throughout his life.Essays, pieces on Thames fishing,fly-fishing, Gudgeon,Roach,Barbel,Pike,Salmon,Trout, Grayling fishing,fishing tackle,various other fishing clubs,various places and peole encountered;also a section on "The Village Cricket Club". Across the water from the historic city of Plymouth lies the great Cornish House of Mount Edgcumbe.The house was built between 1547 and 1553 for the renowned Edgcumbe family of Cotehele and became the home of the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe. For the first time in England a house was built to take advantage of the wonderful situation and views rather than as a defensive house built around a courtyard. The banqueting hall adjoining the house was damaged in the Civil War,and the house was to see many changes to its structure over the years,none more dramatic than in 1941,when the house was gutted by enemy action.1958 saw the beginning of reconstruction,when the 6th Earl restored the house to its original 16th century proportions. In 1971 the house together with 865 acres was sold to Cornwall County and Plymouth City Councils.It has been open to the general public on a regular basis since 1988. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.

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