THE WHOLE ART OF FISHING, being A Collection and Improvement of all that has been written upon this Subject: with many New Experiments. Showing the Different Ways of Angling, and the best Methods of taking Fresh-water Fish.

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Published by London printed for E. Curll, 1714

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TITLE CONTINUED: To which is added The Laws of Angling. FIRST EDITION 1714, 8vo, approximately 180 x 110 mm, 7 x 4¼ inches, engraved frontispiece by Hulsbergh of men fishing with Windsor Castle background, with tissue guard, woodcut head- and tailpieces, woodcut initials, pages: title page, 4 pages of Preface, 1-111, [1] - last page is the index, blank sheets at rear to pad out the book, bound in half green morocco, gilt lettering with gilt angling motifs between raised bands to spine, marbled boards with double gilt dividing rules, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Binding slightly rubbed, with loss to the gilt date at bottom of spine, head of spine rubbed, corners rubbed and slight shelf wear to edges, frontispiece slightly shaved at outer margin, with loss to black border lines, no loss to image, tip of lower outer corner of title page neatly repaired, occasional pale staining to margins, a few margins a little dusty, otherwise a very good clean copy. See Westwood and Satchell, Bibliotheca Piscatoria, A Catalogue of Books on Angling, page 18; The Library of the Late John Gerard Heckscher, page 18, No. 98. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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• Title: THE WHOLE ART OF FISHING, being A Collection and Improvement of all that has been written upon this Subject: with many New Experiments. Showing the Different Ways of Angling, and the best Methods of taking Fresh-water Fish.
• Publisher: London printed for E. Curll
• Publication Date: 1714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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