[2], vi, 293 pp. + errata leaf. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates, including the frontispiece. (8vo) modern blue calf-backed cloth, red leather spine label. First Edition.

"An excellent treatise by William Hughes, a barrister, who also wrote 'A practical treatise on the choice and cookery of fish'". Westwood & Satchell, p. 171. Angling bookplates of Henry A. Sherwin and Jeffrey Norton.