Sale 23SP01 | Lot 115

[ANGLING] Two eighteenth century angling works.

Catalogue: Sporting & Travel Books
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[ANGLING] Two eighteenth century angling works.

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Lot 115
[ANGLING] Two eighteenth century angling works.
BEST, THOMAS. A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experiences and minute observations... London: C. Stalker, H. Turpin etc., 1789. Second edition. Period brown calf. 7 x 4 inches (17.5 x 10 cm); [xii], 170 pp., 2 pp. ads. Light wear, lacking the engraved frontispiece. Bookplate; together with BROWNE, MOSES. Angling Sports: in Nine Piscatory Eclogues. London: For Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773. Third edition. 19th-century cloth. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.5 cm); xxxvii, 136 pp.; engraved frontispiece. Light binding wear, some spotting and toning to text.

"Third and best edition" (Westwood & Satchell). Thacher p. 88; Westwood & Satchell, p. 43. (2)


C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

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Sporting & Travel Books

Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 10am EST