xvi, 275 + [5] ad pp. Illustrated with an aquatint frontispiece and title-page partly printed in red after G. Reid by Annnan and Swan; 16 etched full page plates and other small plates on Japan paper, most with tissue-guards; 63 etched or engraved head and tail pieces, initials, vignettes and other ornaments throughout including tied flies; a double-page lithographed map after and by J. Bartholomew; engraved advertisements in the back. 12¾x9, original full green buckram with gilt stamped osprey and salmon vignette on the front cover, spine lettered in gilt, green leaf-patterned endpapers with grosgrain ribbon on gutters, housed in a custom ¼ morocco clamshell box. No. 73 of 105 copies, 50 of which were for private presentation. First Edition.

The rarest and most beautiful book on salmon fishing. The Restigouche River is known as one of the best salmon-fishing rivers in the world. American fishing enthusiast Dean Sage (1841-1902) starts with the geography and history of the Restigouche before dealing with the habits of the salmon and the history of fishing clubs, while entertaining the reader with many interesting fishing stories throughout. The illustrations, especially that of Henry Sandham, make this book important in the field of Canadian art. Sandham contributed six original etchings, five plates and one vignette, all but one drawn and engraved by the artist. Other contributions from engravers Stephen Parrish (the father of Maxfield Parrish), C.A. Platt, Anna Lea Merritt, Charles Oliver Murray, and George W. Aikman. A lavish production of this important book in the field of salmon fishing. With gilt-stamped morocco bookplate of Alfred Barmore Maclay. Bruns S 4.