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Creator:
Aelian, active 3rd century
Title(s):
Aelian on fly fishing / foreword by J.R. Adams.
Additional Title(s):
De natura animalium. Book XV. Chapter 1. English
Published/Created:
Berkeley, Calif. : Poole Press, 1979.
Physical Description:
xx, 19 pages : illustrations ; 70 mm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SH456 .A3 1979
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2022 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Text from Aelian's On the characteristics of animals, or Natural history, book XV, chapter 1.
"Handset, printed and bound at Poole Press by Maryline P. Adams. Illustrations by J.R. and M.P. Adams. Of 250 copies, this is number ..."--Colophon.
Bradbury, R.C. 20th cent. U.S. miniature books, p. 183, no. 1
BAC: British Art Center copy is unnumbered. Bound by S.A. Neff Jr. and housed with Kipling's American catches (Poole Press, 1980), also bound by Neff. The two miniature volumes are housed in a custom slipcase with decorative binding by Neff. Accompanied by a small collection of Neff's drawings, tooling templates, stamping dies, papers, etc. for the present binding and slipcase (see Folio A 2022 7).
Subject Terms:
Fly fishing.
Form/Genre:
Miniature books.
Fine bindings.
Contributors:
Adams, Maryline Poole, illustrator, printer.
Adams, J. R. (James Rolf), 1932– illustrator, writer of foreword.
Neff, S. A., binder.
Poole Press (Berkeley, Calif.), publisher.
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