The art of angling
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is part of: Hawthorn Fly Fishing & Angling Collection
creator: Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763
issued: 2018-04-17
issued: 1785
description: "In two parts the whole forming a Sportsman's Magazine; and comprising of all that is curious and valuable in the art of angling" -- Title page Edition: Sixth edition, with great improvements.
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/hawthorn/items/1.0366152/source.json
extent: viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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note: w£ s« ft CJc)rdLCU^S~n. 5V ^// ^7 / /o ^ 'Aim// BROOKE S's Art of Angling, O R SPORTSMAN'S MAGAZINE. [Price Three Shillings and Sixpence,] J-June. Z)e//Srt*4,, THE ART of ANGLING. By R. BROOKES, M. D. IN TWO PARTS. I. Containing an Account of Fifh, and Fifh-Ponds: A new Art of Fly-making; The Laws that concern Angling : The fecret Ways of catching Fifh by Ointments, Paftes, and other Arts : Di - reftions how to procure Baits, and for making all Sorts of Fifhmg-Tackie,with the fureft Method of find* ing Sport, &c. II. Of the great Whale, and WhaleFifheryj the devouring Sharkj the amphibious Turtle j the lufcious Tur- bot and Sole; with the Flying Fifh, Sea Devil,and other _ extraordinary Productions of the Sea. Likewife a Natural Hifiory of the Inhabitant! of the Salt Water j and the various Methods of Rock and Sea-Fifhing, ILLUSTRATED With One Hundred and Thirty-five Cuts, Xxa&ly defcribing the different Kinds of Fish that are founa in frefh or fait Waters. THE WHOLE FOKMING A SPORTSMAN'S MAGAZINE; And comprifing all that is curious and valuable in the ART OF ANGLING. The Sixth Edition, with great Improvements. Infioixfry Meads oh let me live I Where cryftal Streams fiweet Solace give \ To ivbofe harmonious bubbling Sound, My dancing Float and Heart rebound. LONDON: Printed for W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-Street. M,DCC»LXXXVt f iii 3 £ T O Richard Heath, Of Hatchlands, in the County of Surry, Efq\ SIR, iHE Pleafure I enjoyed when I had the Honour of your Converfation in the Country, makes me now de- firous of prefixing your Name to this Trea- tife, merely, as a Teftimony of Relpecl: and Gratitude for Favours already received. I now lay before you the Art of Angling; and am too well acquainted with your Dif- pofition to favour every Thing that is de- figned for Information and Improvement, to defpair of its meeting with a candid Reception. Befides the Study of Nature always has been, and always will be eiteemed by the wifeft Mer., an Entertainment worthy of .the moft r…
has type: Books
identifier: SH411 .B7 1785
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0366152
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : W. Lowndes
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Woodward Library. Memorial Room. Hawthorn collection. SH411 .B7 1785
subject: Fishing
subject: Fishes
type: Text