Beschreibung:

Title: The Art of Angling; or Complete Fly-Fisher: Describing the Different Kinds of Fish, Their Haunts, Places of Feeding, &c. &c. Also, Observations on the Breeding of Carp; and the Regulating of Pools or Ponds. To Which are Added, The Various Kinds of Baits, and Diversity of Flies which Nature Produces; together with Ample Directions for Making Artificial Flies. Author: Evans, W. Place: London Publisher: J. Richardson Date: [1820] Description: xii, 95 pp. 7x4, later plain cloth. New Edition, Revised & Corrected. Westwood & Satchell p.89; Heckscher 688 - According to Westwood & Satchell, this book is "Another case of metempsychosis: Bowlker's `Art of Angling,' with a few verbal changes and some transportation. The London issue, without date, is the edition of 1820 with a new title page." The London issue does not have the frontispiece that the Uxbridge one does. Lot Amendments Condition: Cloth insect worn; marginal repair to a2, few minor spots; an attractive printing, worthy of rebinding. Item number: 162896