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Lot 122
[ANGLING] Four 18th century works on angling.
Comprises SHIRLEY, THOMAS
The Angler's Museum. Or, the Whole Art of Float and Fly Fishing... London: printed for John Fielding, No. 23, Pater-Noster-Row, [n.d.]. Third? edition. 19th century half morocco. 6 x 3 5/8 inches (15 x 9 cm); viii, 136 pp., with portrait frontispiece of John Kirby and wood engraving on title. Light wear. Curious stamp of the Izaak Walton Angler's Coffee House on the verso of the portrait; together with WHITNEY, JOHN. The Genteel Recreation: or The Pleasure of Angling, A Poem. London: printed in the year 1700 (but the reprint, printed by J. H. Burn, 1820, see verso of title). One of 100 copies. Half green morocco, cloth sides. 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 inches (15.5 x 9.5 cm); xiv, 78, 4 pp. ads. Light wear; BROOKES, R.[ICHARD]
The Art of Angling. London: printed for T. Lowndes, in Fleet Street, 1770 Half brown calf. "The Third Edition". 6 3/4 x 4 inches; viii, 299, [3] pp. ads, , frontispiece, and with wood engraved cuts in the text. Light wear; and WILLIAM, JOHN. The British angler: or, a pocket-companion for gentlemen-fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of Angling... London: printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London Bridge, 1740. Three-quarters green morocco. 6 1/2 x 4 inches (16.5 x 10 cm); viii, 318, [10] pp.; with frontispiece and 2 (of three) folding plates. Front cover detached, lacks plate three. (4)
C The Property of a New England Family
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