A Voyage Round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles by Wilson, James - 1842

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1842. First edition. Folding engraved map of Scotland by S. Hall, and 21 engraved plates. xii, 487; iv, 461, [14, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt spines. Spines faded to brown, inner hinges starting, otherwise a lovely copy. Very good. First edition. Folding engraved map of Scotland by S. Hall, and 21 engraved plates. xii, 487; iv, 461, [14, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. " ... complete angling guide round the North of Scotland" James Wilson was the brother of Professor John Wilson, author of "Recreations of Christopher North," and professor of Natural History at Edinburgh. "This work contains an account of the various fishing stations in the Western Highlands and Islands, and describes the fish, flies, etc. It forms a complete angling guide round the North of Scotland from the Clyde to the Forth" (Westwood & Satchell). Westwood & Satchell, p. 242