2 Books incl: Browne. ANGLING SPORTS. 1778.
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[Walton/Fishing]. 2 Titles. ++ Moses Browne. ANGLING SPORTS: In Nine Piscatory Epilogues...The Third Edition. Lon: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1778. [title], [blank verso], [v]-xxxvii, [1]-[3], [1]-[5], [1]-136pp. Includes title leaf, but lacks 1 other preliminary leaf preceding A3. (Leaf A3 is the “Advertisement to this Edition.” This is followed by the Dedication, “An Essay in Defence of Piscatory Eclogue,” and Contents, divisional titles on B1 and B2, then the text beginning on p5). Sm. 8vo. Later full light brown leather, aem, marbled eps. Very good. Frontis. ESTC T55148. Westwood & Satchell pp43-44. ++ Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. THE COMPLETE ANGLER, Or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation… Edited by Edward Jesse… Lon: Henry G. Bohn, 1856. Thick 8vo. ads [1]-[6], [wood engr title], [blank verso], [title], [verso], [dedication], [verso], [vii]-xix, [1]-[3], [1]-496, [1]-[2], ads [1]-[6] pp. Modern leather; very good. Many partial-page illustrations plus 26 (of 27) big illustrations: 1 wood-engraved title & 25 (of 26) steel engraved plates (lacking the plate that would face p384). Foxing. Paper brittle, occasional chips/tears to margins, minor wear to some tissue guards.
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2 Books incl: Browne. ANGLING SPORTS. 1778.
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