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BROOKES, Richard. The Art of Angling ... now improved and with additions, and formed into a dictionary ... illustrated with 135 cuts, London: T. Lowndes, 1764. 12°, wood-engraved frontispiece after J. June, illlustrations, 11-page publisher's catalogue at end (title lightly browned), contemporary sprinkled calf, double gilt border on sides, red morocco lettering-piece (rear cover lightly stained, joints partly cracked, tail of spine chipped), sprinkled edges; old signature of J. Bethel on endpaper. Second edition. Westwood & Satchell, p. 42.

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BROOKES, Richard. The Art of Angling ... now improved and with additions, and formed into a dictionary ... illustrated with 135 cuts, London: T. Lowndes, 1764. 12°, wood-engraved frontispiece after J. June, illlustrations, 11-page publisher's catalogue at end (title lightly browned), contemporary sprinkled calf, double gilt border on sides, red morocco lettering-piece (rear cover lightly stained, joints partly cracked, tail of spine chipped), sprinkled edges; old signature of J. Bethel on endpaper. Second edition. Westwood & Satchell, p. 42.

With 4 other works, including William Henry Scott's British Field Sports (London, 1818). (5)
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