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

John McDonald

ISBN 10: 1558215875 / ISBN 13: 9781558215870

Published by Lyons and Burford, New York, 1997

About this Item

F/F, hc, new old stock, 1/3 red binding along spine, silver text on spine, ix-xiii, 273 pages. Interior clean and bright, binding tight. No wear to dj, no chips or tears and dj enclosed in protective sleeve. 0.

Seller Inventory # 008418

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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
• Publisher: Lyons and Burford, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558215875
• ISBN 13: 9781558215870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Howard, John Langley
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

An annotated facsimile of Juliana Berners's Treatise, with fly patterns and a translation from Old English.

From the Back Cover

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)