FRANKLAND, Robert (1784-1849). Delights of Fishing. London: Thomas McLean, 18 June 1823-18 June 1825. Oblong 4º (255 x 324mm). 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by C. Turner after Frankland, tipped into an album. Red half morocco gilt by De Sauty of Donnellys, front cover with black morocco title label, spine with raised bands and repeated fleuron. Provenance: purchased from Hart, New York, 1933. Frankland’s rare series on fishing, its slapstick humour given a gentlemanly air through the use of quotations from Virgil. This is probably the second issue, the first issue bearing the imprint of C. Turner. Last plate watermarked J. Whatman 1827? Siltzer p. 122 (with Turner imprint).