Angling Books
[BARKER, Thomas of Bracemeale, Salop.], The Art of Angling, wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight on that recreation, London: 1653, small 4°, second issue (some spotting), 18th-century diced russia, covers with gilt dog-tooth roll border and central fish tool, each corner containing an aquatic bird, fish motif repeated in spine compartments (joints rubbed, corners bumped). [Westwood & Satchell p.21; Wing B783]

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[BARKER, Thomas of Bracemeale, Salop.], The Art of Angling, wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight on that recreation, London: 1653, small 4°, second issue (some spotting), 18th-century diced russia, covers with gilt dog-tooth roll border and central fish tool, each corner containing an aquatic bird, fish motif repeated in spine compartments (joints rubbed, corners bumped). [Westwood & Satchell p.21; Wing B783]

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