The Moor and the Loch. Hints on Highland Sports (1840)
Book ID: 68804
Price: €295.00
The Moor and the Loch. Containing Practical Hints on Highland Sports, and Notices of the Habits of the Different Creatures of Game and Prey in the Mountainous Districts of Scotland. With an Essay on Lough-Fishing. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1840 First Edition. Pp ii, 128. Half polished calf, over lien boards, spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, with emblematic centres and sprigs in the corners, top edge in gilt. Scattered spotting to contents pages, but overall a nice bright copy.
Illustrated with ten engraved plates & several text drawing.
Chapter on shooting roe deer, capercailzie, woodcock, snipe, wildfowl, seabirds, eagles, mountain fox, wild cat, otter, pigeon, gun dogs, hawking, trapping vermin, fishing with fly and bait for salmon, ferox trout, trout, sea trout, pike, etc.
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