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FISHING - [BROOKES, R.] The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea-Fish, London: John Watts, 1740.
8° (160 x 90mm). Title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations. (Occasional very light marginal soiling). Later half calf, gilt preserving early red morocco lettering-piece. FIRST EDITION. together with 5 other works on fishing, William Blacker. The Art of Fly-Making (London, 1855), George C. Bainbridge. The Fly Fisher's Guide (Liverpool, 1816), a second edition of the same work (1828), Thomas Zouch. The Life of Isaac Walton (London, 1823) and Juliana Berners A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle (Edinburgh, 1885, privately printed). (6)
8° (160 x 90mm). Title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations. (Occasional very light marginal soiling). Later half calf, gilt preserving early red morocco lettering-piece. FIRST EDITION. together with 5 other works on fishing, William Blacker. The Art of Fly-Making (London, 1855), George C. Bainbridge. The Fly Fisher's Guide (Liverpool, 1816), a second edition of the same work (1828), Thomas Zouch. The Life of Isaac Walton (London, 1823) and Juliana Berners A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle (Edinburgh, 1885, privately printed). (6)
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