29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Aldam (W.H.).
A Quant Treatise on 'Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making, by An Old Man, well known on the Derbyshire Streams.
John B. Day, 1876, first edition, quarto in twos, [xvi], 91 pages, two mounted chromolitho plates, 25 tied flies and their component materials within 22 sunken mounts on six card leaves, foxing throughout, gutter gaping in places, E. Horsfall-Turner's copy, bookplate of A.W. Ashby with deaccession stamp of Birmingham ***** Institute, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt (spine worn, joint repairs).
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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