Title: The Anglers Sure Guide: or, Angling Improved, and Methodically Digested... Author: H[owlett], R[obert] Place: London Publisher: Printed by J.H. for G. Conyers, et al. Date: 1706 Description: vii, [1 ad], 296 pp. A4, B-T8, U4. With copper-engraved frontispiece and one plate. (8vo) 6½x4, modern half calf and marbled boards. First Edition. Hecksher 1059; Westwood & Satchell p.110 - "Generally attributed to Robert Howlett " the author of The School of Recreation (London: 1696) and The Royal Pastime of Cockfighting (London: 1709), though W. & S. allow that "there is certainly little or no similarity between the above work and the angling treatise in the `School of Recreation.'" They note a close resemblance to James Chetham's The Angler's Vade Mecum (London: 1681). The sporting aspects of angling are combined with the commercial prospects, and the running title is "Angling Improved: Or, Profit and Pleasure." The copper-engraved plates depict twelve varieties of fish, and on the frontispiece, two fishermen trying their skill in a stream. Bookplate of F.W. Sims. Lot Amendments Condition: Second plate and some pages bound quite close; tiny marginal wormhole to preliminaries, a little browning; still near fine. Item number: 162542
Title: The Anglers Sure Guide: or, Angling Improved, and Methodically Digested... Author: H[owlett], R[obert] Place: London Publisher: Printed by J.H. for G. Conyers, et al. Date: 1706 Description: vii, [1 ad], 296 pp. A4, B-T8, U4. With copper-engraved frontispiece and one plate. (8vo) 6½x4, modern half calf and marbled boards. First Edition. Hecksher 1059; Westwood & Satchell p.110 - "Generally attributed to Robert Howlett " the author of The School of Recreation (London: 1696) and The Royal Pastime of Cockfighting (London: 1709), though W. & S. allow that "there is certainly little or no similarity between the above work and the angling treatise in the `School of Recreation.'" They note a close resemblance to James Chetham's The Angler's Vade Mecum (London: 1681). The sporting aspects of angling are combined with the commercial prospects, and the running title is "Angling Improved: Or, Profit and Pleasure." The copper-engraved plates depict twelve varieties of fish, and on the frontispiece, two fishermen trying their skill in a stream. Bookplate of F.W. Sims. Lot Amendments Condition: Second plate and some pages bound quite close; tiny marginal wormhole to preliminaries, a little browning; still near fine. Item number: 162542
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