THE PRACTICAL ANGLER: OR THE ART OF TROUT FISHING, MORE PARTICULARLY APPLIED TO CLEAR WATER. By W.C. Stewart. 1867 Fifth edition, revised and enlarged.

(1857) 1867 5th edition. Small 8vo (109 x 177mm). Ppxvi,214, 8pp reviews, 8pp ads. Illustrated with small engraved vignettes in the text and decorative initials. Dark green decorative cloth, spine titled in gilt, blind border and gilt vignette to upper board.

Stewart put the case for fishing soft-hackle wet flies upstream and across. One of the most important and influential fishing books ever. The colour plates were not included in these earlier editions.