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M[ascall] (L[eonard]) A Booke of Fishing...

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[one of 200 copies] reprinted from the edition of 1590, Preface and Glossary by Thomas Satchell, woodcut illustrations, Frederic Oswalt's bookplate on front paste-down, ink ownership stamp and inscription on front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco, gilt spine, rubbed, later slip-case, small 4to, for W. Satchell & Co. by Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1884.

***First modern edition of this extremely rare work. "A mixture of odds and ends of information about fishing and fish preservation collected from many sources. It falls roughly into two parts. The more important deals with fish culture, of which Mascall was a pioneer " (Hills). The second part tells of "...sundrie Engines and Treppes to take Polcats, Buzards, Rattes, Mice and all other kindes of vermine and beasts whatsoeuer, most profitable for all Warriners...". A copy of the first edition sold in New York in November 2001 for $102,000, the largest sum ever paid at auction for a single fishing book..

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