The British angler or, A pocket-companion for gentlemen-fishers : being a new and methodical treatise of the art of angling : comprehending all that is curious and useful in the knowledge of the polite diversion, as ... : together with supplemental discourses I. On fish-ponds and reservatories. 2. On the laws aginst poachers, and in favour of the fair angler : also excellent receipts for dressing of fish and a complete index, in which the terms of use among anglers are occassionally explained : embellished with copper-plates curiouily [i.e. curiously] engraved : the whole compiled from approved authors, and above thirty years experience / by John Williamson, gent., who has added a versification of the principal heads at the end of each chapter, for the help of memory.
1740
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The British angler or, A pocket-companion for gentlemen-fishers : being a new and methodical treatise of the art of angling : comprehending all that is curious and useful in the knowledge of the polite diversion, as ... : together with supplemental discourses I. On fish-ponds and reservatories. 2. On the laws aginst poachers, and in favour of the fair angler : also excellent receipts for dressing of fish and a complete index, in which the terms of use among anglers are occassionally explained : embellished with copper-plates curiouily [i.e. curiously] engraved : the whole compiled from approved authors, and above thirty years experience / by John Williamson, gent., who has added a versification of the principal heads at the end of each chapter, for the help of memory.
Uniform title
British angler
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, MDCCXL [1740]
Description
viii, 318, [10] p., [1], 3 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill. ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Williamson, John, angler, author.
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker.
Cole, B. (Benjamin), printmaker.
Hodges, James, Sir, -1774, bookseller.
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker.
Cole, B. (Benjamin), printmaker.
Hodges, James, Sir, -1774, bookseller.
Note
Signatures: A⁴ B-O¹² P⁸; N3 as 'M3'.
Frontispiece lettered: G. Bickham Jn., sculp; folded plates: B. Cole sculp.
Errata: leaf P8 verso.
Includes index.
Frontispiece lettered: G. Bickham Jn., sculp; folded plates: B. Cole sculp.
Errata: leaf P8 verso.
Includes index.
Contents
(from title page): I. An introduction; containing an encomium on rivers and the art of angling, with general observations on the nature of fish. II. The angler's apparatus: or, directions concerning rods, lines, hooks, floats, and the rest of the tackle: also, of baits, natural and artificial. III. An exact description of the several kinds of fish that are found in the rivers, and on the sea-coasts of Great Britain; their size, shape, qualities, seasons, feeding, haunts, &c. IV. The whole practice of angling: teaching the choice and preparation of proper stands; the method of taking every species, more particularly the sportive trout, the voracious pike, and other capital game. With descriptions of our principal rivers, observations relating to the weather, and other
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, T92263
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
230- 170q
Folger-specific note
Title page cropped at foot with loss of third line of imprint. In a leather (polished calf) inboard binding with gold tooling on boards and spine; black leather spine label; marbled endpapers; yellow edges. Acquired from Petersfield Bookshop, 1988-06-08. Adopted by Bertita E. Compton in memory of Bertita Smith Compton (Mrs. Wm. A.) 1900-1981, Acquisitions Night 1989.
Folger accession
230170