Francis (Francis) A Book on Angling

Francis (Francis) A Book on Angling,second edition, engraved frontispiece of the author and his gillie, 15 plates including 5 hand-coloured of flies, a little foxed, upper hinge weak, original cloth, a little rubbed, spine faded, 1867; and another, by the same, 8vo

***Francis was angling editor of 'The Field' for 25 years and this was his major work on angling. Robb said: 'For almost twenty years Francis collected his material; he visited and fished nearly every river of note in the kingdom in search of information. The tangible result was a comprehensive manual...dealing with every known branch of fresh-water angling and set out in a practical and concentrated form.'.