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Berners, Dame Juliana, et al.

A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, being a facsimile reproduction ofthe First Book on the Subject of Fishing Printed in England by Wynkyn deWorde at Westminster in 1496.

1880 XIV, unpag. (25 pp.) facsimile of the charming incunabule on fishing with hook and rod, with 7nice text illus. (after the original woodcuts) showing hooks and lead line weights in various sizes and combinations, a prototypical rod, other tools, and a portrait of a jauntily dressed fisherman reeling in his catch. 4to. Orig. blind stamped vellum, lightly soiled. London (Stock) 1880. Ex-libris copy.

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