Author:
Edward Jesse (1780-1868), English naturalist and author [Edward Walford (1823-1897)]
Publication details:
13 October 1863, 16 Belgrave Place; 30 July 1867, Brighton.
Letter One (12mo, 2 pp; good, with glue from previous mounting to reverse of blank second leaf of bifolium): Jesse hears 'that there has been a violent attack made on my lectures to the Brighton Fishermen in "the Field" of last Saturday'. He 'published these lectures in the hopes that they might be useful to many people'. He 'gave the Copyright to Mr. Booth the publisher & never recovered one farthing profit for them'. 'They were written for an ignorant club of men without any pretension'.
