The Art of Angling
BROOKES, R. M.D
Verlag: Lowndes, London, 1774
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pp.viii,304. Frontispiece.Woodblock illustrations of fish species throughout, tear to one leaf, affecting several letters of text. Early pencil notes on front end paper, full contemporary roan, sympathetically respined in matching calf. A most attractive item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 017033
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Titel: The Art of Angling
Verlag: Lowndes, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1774
Einband: Full Calf
Zustand: Very Good
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The Art of Angling, in two parts; . . . Illustrated With One Hundred and Thirty-five Cuts . . . A New Edition.
Verlag:
W. Lowndes, London, 1793
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Hardcover
Anbieter: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Bound in later (19th century) half-leather over marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Moderate wear and rubbing to covers (some minor professional restoration). Edges toned; some intermittent staining and foxing. Later owner's name to front flyleaf. Otherwise a sound, unmarked copy. Very neat -- and handsomely done. Angling frontispiece with various flies depicted; pescatorial woodcuts throughout text. 10-page publisher's list at rear. [half-title][frontis.]viii,268+10[ads.]pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 57373h
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The Art of Angling. Now Improved with Additions and Formed into a Dictionary In Two Parts. Part 1. Containing An Account of Fish and Fish Ponds : A New Art of Fly- Making : The New Laws that concern Angling; The Secret Ways Of Catching Fish By Ointments, Pastes, and other Arts. . Part ii : Of The Great Whale and Whale- Fishery,the devouring shark; the amphibious turtle: the luscious turbot and sole; with flying fish, sea-devil, and other extraordinary productions of the sea. . Illustrated with one hundred and thirty-five cuts, exactly describing the different kinds of fish that are found in the fresh or salt waters. The whole forming a Sportsman's agazine; and comprizing all that is curious and valuable in the Art of Angling .
Verlag:
T. Lowndes, in Fleet Street., London, 1766
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Hardcover
Anbieter: HALEWOOD : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Sm. 8vo. viii, 293 pp. [11] advertisements; with fine engraved frontispiece and woodcuts in the text; a very good copy in contemporary calf,[wear] re backed. Book-plate. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1512
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The Art Of Angling
Verlag:
T. Lowndes, London, 1766
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Hardcover
Anbieter: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Full-Calf. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Author (illustrator). First Edition Thus. The Art Of Angling by R. Brookes, M.D. Now Improved with Additions, And Formed into a Dictionary. In Two Parts. I. Containing an Account of Fish and Fish-Ponds: A new Art of Fly-Making: The new Laws that concern Angling: The secret Ways of catching Fish by Ointments, Pastes, and other Arts: Directions how to procure Baits, and for making all sort of Fish - Tackle , with the surest Method of finding Sport, &c. II. Of the great Whale , and Whale-Fishery; the devouring Shark; The amphibious Turtle; the luscious Turbot and Sole; with Flying Fish, Sea-Devil, and other extraordinary Productions of the Sea. Likewise a Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Salt Water, and the various Methods of Rock and Sea-Fishing. Illustrated With One Hundred and Thirty-five Cuts, exactly describing the different Kinds of Fish that are found in the Fresh or Salt Waters. The Whole forming A Sportsman's Magazine; And Comprizing all that is curious and valuable in The Art of Angling." 1766, 1st Edn Thus, 293 pages, + 11 pages adverts, illustrated with 135 cuts, vg in contemporary full calf binding neatly rebacked with old spine relayed. the (First Edition Thus, with additions and improvements), of a popular book running to many editions (First was printed in 1740). the drawings of the fish were mostly done by Brookes from life, he calls on the assistance of Mr Chetwood for the angling part "because they contain the results of his own experiences which is that of a great number of years", Westwood and Satchell 42. New edition of one of the best-known eighteenth century English books on angling, first published in 1740 and often reprinted. The art of angling, rock and sea fishing (1740, 1743, 1766, 1770; ed Moses Browne? 1774). CLEAN, COMPLETE, AND TIGHT. Bookplate of former owner Thomas S. Bloom on front inside paste-down. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000820
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