Title: The Gentleman Angler. Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions, whereby the most ignorant beginner may, in a short time, become a perfect artist in angling for salmon, salmon peal, trout, pike, carp, perch, Barbel...Greyling...With several Observations on Angling, Angle Rods, and Artificial Flies...To which is Added, a Treatise concerning Thames Fishing...Also the Angler's New Song; The Laws of Angling; and the Form of a Licence and Deputation for Angling... Author: [Smith, George], attributed Place: London Publisher: C. Hitch Date: No date [but c.1743] Description: [2], vi, 200, [5] index + [3] ad pp. Woodcut decorative borders, initials, head and tail pieces. (12mo) calf. Third Edition, with large additions. This edition is basically the expanded second edition with a new title-page; the additions to the 1726 first edition include a treatise on Thames fishing, an angler's song, the laws of angling, and an appendix containing "the Method of Rock and Sea Fishing." This latter has its own title-page (dated 1736, the date of the second edition), though the pagination is continuous. Westwood & Satchell pp.104-105. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderately rubbed extremities, joints starting, some darkening to calf; hinges cracked, bit of offsetting to endpapers, gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper; else very good. Item number: 205581
Title: The Gentleman Angler. Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions, whereby the most ignorant beginner may, in a short time, become a perfect artist in angling for salmon, salmon peal, trout, pike, carp, perch, Barbel...Greyling...With several Observations on Angling, Angle Rods, and Artificial Flies...To which is Added, a Treatise concerning Thames Fishing...Also the Angler's New Song; The Laws of Angling; and the Form of a Licence and Deputation for Angling... Author: [Smith, George], attributed Place: London Publisher: C. Hitch Date: No date [but c.1743] Description: [2], vi, 200, [5] index + [3] ad pp. Woodcut decorative borders, initials, head and tail pieces. (12mo) calf. Third Edition, with large additions. This edition is basically the expanded second edition with a new title-page; the additions to the 1726 first edition include a treatise on Thames fishing, an angler's song, the laws of angling, and an appendix containing "the Method of Rock and Sea Fishing." This latter has its own title-page (dated 1736, the date of the second edition), though the pagination is continuous. Westwood & Satchell pp.104-105. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderately rubbed extremities, joints starting, some darkening to calf; hinges cracked, bit of offsetting to endpapers, gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper; else very good. Item number: 205581
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