The Angler's Pocket Book; or Compleat English Angler, containing all that is necessary to be known in that art. Also Nobbes's celebrated treatise on the art of trolling ..., London: printed by H. K. Canston, sold by James Asperne, 1805. 12, woodcut diagrams (occasional dust-soiling), contemporary half calf and marbled boards, flat spine directly lettered in gilt.

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The Angler's Pocket Book; or Compleat English Angler, containing all that is necessary to be known in that art. Also Nobbes's celebrated treatise on the art of trolling ..., London: printed by H. K. Canston, sold by James Asperne, 1805. 12, woodcut diagrams (occasional dust-soiling), contemporary half calf and marbled boards, flat spine directly lettered in gilt.

Third edition of A RARE BOOK. According to Westwood, the two earlier editions, issued at Norwich and London, were undated. The diagrams illustrate an "elastic or new invented superfloat for a gentle stream or still water angling". Nobbes's Complete Troller was itself first published in 1682. W. & S. p. 11; Petit 81.

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