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Origins returns to print the classic 1962 display of angling's, er, essay, "The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle." Pre-dating Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler by a couple of centuries, "Treatise" is a remarkable work on several levels, not the least of which is that its author was a woman, Dame Juliana Berners. Reportedly a nun of noble birth, she was the first to raise the leisurely pursuit of fishing to what was then the far more venerable rank of hunting. Fishing with a rod and a line, she suggested, brings to the angler good spirits and enhances life. Even if the intrepid angler catches nothing, Berners allows that "at the very least, he will have his wholesome and merry walk at his own ease, and also many a sweet breath of plants and flowers that will make him right hungry and put his body in good condition. He will hear the melodies of the harmonies of the birds...." To a large degree, this conceit--that angling is much more than catching fish--has been the bedrock of our best fishing literature ever since. Berners joyfully goes on with these pleasures, but she also dispenses plenty of theory and practice--indeed, her "Treatise" is the first codification of fishing as sport--from how to make a rod and tie a fly to what makes a good fishing hole. Remarkably, much of her thinking still holds.
The real fun of Origins is its presentation. McDonald, the author of several angling books, pens provocative essays on Berners's legend, her text's place at the tippet of fishing literature, and its contribution--with color illustrations--to the art of fly tying. Still, the centerpiece is the "Treatise" itself, which McDonald showcases in a trio of formats: an easily readable modernization, plus facsimiles of Dame Julia's original 1450 manuscript and its 1496 printing, complete with woodcuts. For booklovers with an angle, this is the biblio-equivalent of trophy trout. --Jeff Silverman
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What is thought to be the first published essay on sport fishing - The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle, first printed in 1496 - is also believed to have been written by a woman: Dame Juliana Berners, by legend a nun and a noblewoman. This important book attempts to solve the mystery of the sporting nun and her pioneering work, and to bring the treatise itself back for the modern reader in modern idiom.The book naturally evolves into two parts. First, modernized versions of the original manuscript and the first printed version, for the reader who has a general interest in fishing and hunting and a curiosity about the origins of the style and the state of mind of sport. Second, facsimiles and transcripts (on facing pages) of the Treatise; a description and history of the manuscript; and a comparison of manuscript and printed text, for addicts of fishing, old manuscripts, comparative texts, minutiae of various kinds, and early modern English.The Origins of Angling is an appreciation of the first known piece of writing in English on sport fishing - its history, and its influence on the sport as it is practiced today. (81/4 X 11, 296 pages, color photos, illustrations, manuscript reproductions)
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- PublisherLyons Pr
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1558215875
- ISBN 13 9781558215870
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages273
- EditorSports Illustrated
- IllustratorHoward John Langley
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Howard, John Langley (illustrator). Lyons & Burford, New York, 1997, second edition, reprint of the 1963 edition Illustrated with color plates of flies by J.L. Howard and drawings. 8.5" x 11.25". 273 pp. Hardbound. White paper covered boards, red paper covered spine. A facsimile and transcript of the original manuscript of Dame Juliana Berners' The Treatise Of Fishing With An Angle, together with a modernized version, a comparison of the manuscript and the first printed edition, and a discussion of the flies. "An appreciation of the first known piece of writing on sport fishing - its history and its influence on the sport.an attempt to solve the mystery of the sporting nun and her pioneering work.". Nice plates of flies. Good in a good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 46594
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Hardcover. Condition: NF. Howard, John Langley (illustrator). Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket . 8.5 X 1 X 11.25 inches. 273 pages. Signed by John McDonald on the title page. Dust jacket spine lightly sunned . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Seller Inventory # 64949
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The Origins of Angling: An Inquiry Into the Early History of Fly Fishing with a New Printing of The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle
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