The Salmon Ponds and Vicinity
This is a perfect facsimile copy of Australia's rarest fishing book, produced originally just three years after trout were acclimated to the southern hemisphere. An original was sold in July 2007 for $69,900 and is now in the National Gallery. There are only four known first editions due to the very poor paper quality, the others being in Ballarat Art Gallery, The Australian National Library and the Tasmanian State Library as well. This book has apparently never been reproduced before and this is a numbered limited edition of only 55, originally marked at $690. It should grace every serious fly fisherman's library.
Specifications
| Author | Piguenit, William, C |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by author |
| Publisher | Stevens Publishing |
| Place Published | Launceston |
| Size | Large 4to - Quarto (510mm x 330mm) |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | Non-paginated |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in brown buckram and leather with facsimile of original cover set in, unwarped and spotless as new in fine condition, with no dust wrapper as issued. |
| Overall | All pages printed on archival paper with six full size prints with all previous foxing removed from the lithographs and printed on the highest quality offset press available in Australia. Extremely fine overall with an extra set of beautiful framable colour prints from within the book. there are two printed pages at either end of the book (about the Ponds and early fish specimens plus about Piguenit, born in Hobart Town in 1836 from convict stock) plus an attractive detailed map follows the six artworks. William Piguenit was undoubtedly the first Australian born artist of note, exhibiting in Paris and London, winning the Wynne prize in 1901. |
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