ANGLING AND ART IN SCOTLAND: SOME FISHING EXPERIENCES RELATED AND ILLUSTRATED. By Ernest E. Briggs, R.I. With 32 coloured plates.

1908 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 223mm). Ppxiv,216. 32 coloured plates by the author, b/w chapter headings and tail-pieces. Dark oatmeal buckram with image of an angler playing a salmon, printed in black, on the upper board. Binding A. Gilt background to the image on upper board, top edge gilt.

"Although this book is entitled "Angling and Art in Scotland," it must not be thought that it is in any way a treatise upon painting." Briggs' angling reminiscences, illustrated with his excellent colour paintings and black and white vignettes. * Two binding states are known. Binding A has pictorial cloth with gilt design and gilt top edge. Binding B has the same pictorial cloth design but lacks the gilding.