'THEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE, 
 
 13, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, LONDON. 
 
 CATALOGUE 
 
 OP 
 
 THE LIBRARY 
 
 OF 
 
 U00ks 0it Angling 
 
 W. ANFOED PROUD, ESQ. 
 
 (of IFarringtori). 
 
 Sag of 
 SATURDAY, the 27th of FEBRUARY.
 
 CATALOGUE 
 
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 EAELY AND OTHER EDITIONS OF WALTON AND COTTON'S 
 COMPLEAT ANGLER, 
 
 FIRST AND OTHER EDITIONS OF BARKER'S ART OF ANGLING, BEST'S 
 CONCISE TREATISE, SLACKER'S ART OF ANGLING AND FLY-MAKING, 
 BOWLKER'S ART OF ANGLING, BROOKES' ART OF ANGLING, CHETHAM'S 
 ANGLER'S VADE MECDM, FRANCIS' BOOK ON ANGLING, HOFLAND'S 
 BRITISH ANGLER'S MANUAL, NOBBES' COMPLEAT TROLLER, KONALDS' 
 FLY-FISHER'S ENTOMOLOGY, BAINBRIDGE'S FLY-FISHER'S GUIDE, 
 
 BLOME'S THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATIONS. 
 TREATISES ON THE BRITISH, SCOTCH & IRISH FISHERIES, 
 
 WORKS BY GERVASE MARKHAM, 
 FLETCHER'S PURPLE ISLAND, First Edition, 
 
 3Vttrtt0n an& otfar Catalogues of Jingling libraries, 
 WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS OF CHINESE FISHES, 
 
 JARDINE'S BRITISH SALMONID^E, 
 EXTRA ILLUSTRATED WORKS, 
 
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 AND SPORTING IN GENERAL, ETC. 
 
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 CATALOGUE 
 
 OF 
 
 THE LIBEAKY 
 
 OF 
 
 fBmrks mt Angling 
 
 OF 
 
 W. ANFOED PEOUD, ESQ. 
 
 (of Warrington). 
 
 OCTAVO ET INFKA. 
 
 LOT 
 
 1 Accomplish'd Ladies' Delight in Preserving, Physick, 
 
 Beautifying and Cookery, third edition, portrait and 
 frontispiece, original sheep, 1683 Sixth edition, portrait / _ 
 and frontispiece, old calf , 1686 Tenth edition, portrait * *- * 
 and frontispiece, original sheep (some of the head-lines 
 cut into), 1719 (3) 
 
 2 Adam (A. L.) Field and Forest Rambles, maps and en- 
 
 gravings, 1873 Paeza (R.) Wild Scenes in South 
 America, illustrations, 1863 Townsend (F. T.) Wild 
 Life in Florida, frontispiece, 1875; and others (7) 
 
 3 Addisou. Cupid's Bee-Hive : or the Sting of Love, trans- 
 
 lated frona Bonefonius (contains the Anglers, a Ballad), / ft 
 
 calf, scarce E. Curll, 1721 
 
 4 Advantages and Utility of a proposed new Treatise on the 
 
 Art of Angling (no title), half morocco, t. e. g. The , 
 
 British Jewel, &c. frontispiece, uncut, n. d. Curious 
 Water-colour Drawings, by a Chinese Artist, on rice 
 paper, 12 plates ; and others, two in MS. (7) 
 
 5 Alexander (Col.) Salmon-Fishing in Canada, illustrations, 
 
 1860 Tour through the Highlands of Perthshire, by 
 M. Ferguson, portrait, 1870 Moffat (A. S.) Secrets of 
 Angling, woodcuts, 1865 Street (A. B.) Woods and 
 Waters, map and illustrations, 1860 ; and others (16) 
 
 6 Amateur (An) Angler's Days in Dove Dale, 1884 Fresh 
 
 Woods and Pastures New, 1887 Days in Clover, LARGE 
 PAPER, plates, 1892 By Meadow and Stream, plates, 
 1896" On a Sunshine Holyday," 1897 ; and others, 
 by " The Amateur Angler," printed on hand-made paper, 
 limited issue, uncut, t. e. g. (7)
 
 6 OCTAVO 
 
 26 Best (Thomas) Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling .... 
 
 to which is added the Compleat Fly-fisher, FIRST EDI- 
 
 / 7 i^i_ TION, frontispiece, 1787 Second edition of the same, 
 
 frontispiece, n. d. ; other editions (12) 
 
 27 Bibliotheca Curiosa. Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, 
 
 privately printed, 1885 The Secrets of Angling. ... by 
 J. D. 2 vol. ib. 1885 Holberton (W.) The Art of 
 
 /<?/' Angling, one of 50 copies, n. d. Lowth (W. S.) Ang- 
 
 / ling, Angling Dodges, and Match Fishing, n. d. 
 
 Colquhoun (J.) Sport and Natural History of the Scot- 
 tish Highlands, 1876 Foster (W. A.) Songs on Ang- 
 ling, &c. 1886 ; and others, unbound (13) 
 
 28 Billingsley (J.) Epitome of the whole Art of Husbandry, 
 
 with new additions, two engraved titles, 1675 The Gen- 
 tleman Farmer, calf, E. Curll, 1726 Lemery (Sieur) 
 Modern Curiosities of Art and Nature, old calf, 1685 
 Natura Exenterata, old calf \ 1655; and others (9) 
 
 29 Blacker (W.) Art of Angling, and Complete System of 
 
 Fly Making, FIRST EDITION, engraved title and plates, 
 interleaved, with numerous specimens of artificial flies 
 neatly inserted, calf gilt, g. e. very scarce, in leather case 
 published by the author, 1842 
 
 30 Blacker (W.) Art of Fly Making re-written and re- 
 
 vised by the author, Blacker himself, coloured plates of 
 '*/ flies and other illustrations, morocco 1855 
 
 31 Blacker (W.) Art of Angling, and Complete System of Fly 
 
 Making, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, engraved title, and 
 
 _ . a plate, original binding, 1842 Another edition, plates, 
 
 ' J " (uncoloured), original binding, 1843 (2) 
 
 32 Blaine (D. P.) Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports ; Hunting, 
 
 Shooting, Fishing, Racing, numerous beautiful engrav- 
 ings, morocco, m. e. 1840 Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, 
 woodcuts, half bound, 1832 Maxwell (W. H.) Wild 
 Sports of the West, 2 vol. plates and vignettes, uncut, 
 1832 ; and others (7) 
 
 33 [Blakey (R.)] Hints on Angling, with suggestions for 
 
 Angling Excursions in France and Belgium, by 
 
 Palmer Hackle, 1846 The Sporting Sketch Book, with 
 11 beautiful engravings, 1842 Lubbock (R.) Observa- 
 tions on the Fauna of Norfolk, map, numerous pencil 
 notes in the margins, 1845; original cloth (3) 
 
 34 Boccius (G.) Treatise on Fresh- Water Fish, Van Voorst, 
 
 1841 Fish in Rivers and Streams, ib. 1848 Wall- 
 work (James) The Modern Angler, frontispiece and 
 coloured plates of 'flies ,1847 ; original cloth (3) 
 
 7 /
 
 OCTAVO 7 
 
 35 Bowlker (Charles) The Art of Angling : or Complete Fly 
 
 and Bottom- Fisher, frontispiece, interleaved with parch- 
 ment, on which are inserted numerous specimens of artificial /i~/^ 
 flies, calf, in a cloth case, Ludlow, 1814 The same 
 edition, frontispiece, original boards, uncut, ib. 1814 (2) 
 
 36 Bowlker (C.) Art of Angling, 1826 Three other editions : 
 
 1829, 1833, and 1839, woodcuts and coloured plates of ^ / " 
 
 flies, all in the original boards (4) 
 
 37 Bowlker (C.) Art of Angling, and Compleat Fly-Fishing, 
 
 second edition, calf (1774) Another edition, frontis- . 
 
 piece, old calf , 1788 Other editions, coloured plates oj J^ 
 
 flies and woodcuts (5) 
 
 38 Bowlker (R.) The Art of Angling improved, in all its parts, 
 
 especially Fly- Fishing, FIRST EDITION, original sheep /3 / ^ 
 
 binding, rare Worcester, n. d. (circa 1758) 
 
 59 Brookes (R.) The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing, 
 FIRST EDITION, 133 woodcuts, 1740 Another edition, 
 enlarged, frontispiece and cuts, 1766 Another, frontis- ff/~- 
 
 piece and cuts, 1799 Browne (Moses) Angling Sports, 
 frontispiece, 1773; calf and half calf (7) 
 
 40 Brown (Sir Thomas) Certain Miscellany Tracts, FIRST EDI- 
 
 TION, portrait, old red morocco, g. e. 1683 The Com- 
 plete Grazier, calf, 1767 Lupton (T.) A Thousand 2. //' 
 Notable Things, old calf, 1675 Lovell (R.) Compleat 
 History of Animals and Minerals, original calf, 1661 
 New Curiosities in Art and Nature, plates, 1711 
 Billingsley (J.) Epitome of the Art of Husbandry, 
 frontispiece, calf, 1685 ; and others (8) 
 
 41 Brown (J. M.) Stray Sport, 2 vol. plates, 1893 Jefferies 
 
 (R.) The Gamekeeper at Home, illustrated by Whymper, / 5~ I 
 
 1880 Crawford (J. H.) Wild Life of Scotland, illus- ' 
 
 trations, 1896 ; and others (7) 
 
 42 Buckland (Frank) Notes and Jottings from Animal Life, 
 
 with illustrations, 1882 Log-Book of a Fisherman and / / 
 
 Zoologist, illustrated, 1875 Curiosities of Natural His- ^ / ^~ 
 
 tory, 4 vol. illustrations, 1857-68 (6) 
 
 43 Buckland (Frank) Life, portrait, 1885 Kingsley (C.) 
 
 Prose Idylls, 1873 Lowell (J. R.) Latest Literary 
 
 Essays and Addresses, portrait, 189 1 Maxwell (Sir H.) 5 / 
 
 Rainy Days in a Library, uncut, 1896 ; and others (7) 
 
 44 [Campbell ( J. F.)] Life in Normandy, 2 vol. tinted illustra- 
 
 tions, half calf gilt, m. e. 1863 Bennet (J. H.) Winter <p / 
 
 iu the South of Europe, maps and illustrations, half / 
 
 morocco gilt, 1865 ; and others (5)
 
 8 OCTAVO 
 
 45 Chalkhill (John) Thealma and Clearchus : a Pastoral His- 
 
 tory, in Smooth and easie Verse [the work edited, and 
 the Preface written, by Izaak Walton], FIRST EDITION, 
 \ sprinkled calf extra, by F. Bedford, 1683 A new edi- 
 
 tion of the same, frontispiece, uncut, Chiswick, 1820 (2) 
 
 46 Chapman (A.) Wild Norway, illustrated by the author, -c. 
 
 1897 Kennedy (Capt.) To the Arctic Regions and 
 Back, map and numerous illustrations, 1878 Mouat 
 
 JL 2, / (F. J.) The Andaman Islanders, map and illustrations^ 
 
 1863 ; and others (7) 
 
 47 Charfy (G.) The Fisherman : or Art of Angling made easy, 
 
 FIRST EDITION, n. d. The same, second edition, n. d. 
 Coxe (N.) The Nobleman and Gentleman's Recrea- 
 
 JL I I ^ tion, n. d. [Lathy (T. P.)] The Practical Angler, by 
 
 Piscator, plates, 1842 Franck (R.) Northern Memoirs 
 .... with the Contemplative and Practical Angler, 1821 ; 
 and others, chiefly in calf (7) 
 
 48 Chasse (La) et la Peche, numerous illustrations, 1842 
 
 Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelledu Hareng, plates, 1847 
 
 / ^ / ' Briffault (E.) Paris dans 1'Eau, numerous engravings, 
 
 half calf, 1844 ; and others (12) 
 
 49 Chetham (J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum : or a Compen- 
 
 dious Discourse of Angling, FIRST EDITION, two auto- 
 
 2, / / ^ graph letters inserted, old red morocco, g. e. (a few head 
 
 lines shaved) 1681 
 
 50 Chetham (J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum : or Discourse of 
 _ , , Angling, the second edition, very much enlarged, plates, 
 
 / *~ original calf 1689 
 
 51 Chetham ( J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum : or a Compen- 
 . dious Discourse of Angling, third edition, very much 
 
 ' / /- enlarged, plates, calf extra, t. e. g. by Riviere and Son 
 
 1700 
 
 52 Chetham (J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum : or a Compen- 
 , . dious Discourse of Angling, third edition, very much 
 
 enlarged, tree-calf gilt, m. e. (a leaf defective and mended) 
 
 1700 
 
 53 Chetham (J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum, third edition, 
 / $~/ ~ very much enlarged, plates, original calf 1700 
 
 54 [Chitty (Edward)] The Fly Fisher's Text Book, by Theo- 
 o, / philus South, plates, 1841 Another edition, with nume- 
 rous illustrations, 1845 ; original cloth, uncut (2) 
 
 55 Cholmondeley-Pennell (H.) The Sporting Fish of Great 
 <a / Britain, with Notes on Ichthyology, with 16 lithographs 
 ' / offish, in gold, silver and colours, half parchment, uncut, 
 
 t. e. g. 1886
 
 OCTAVO 
 
 56 Cholmondeley-Pennell (H.) Book of the Pike, illustrated, 
 
 1865 Fishing Gossip, frontispiece, 1866 The Angler- x * 
 
 Naturalist, woodcuts, 1863 ; and others by the same 
 author (7) 
 
 57 Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country 
 
 Anglers, 1820-45, woodcuts by T. Bewick, Newcastle, 
 1842 Blakey (R.) The Angler's Song Book, one of a / 
 
 few copies, printed on paper of 4 colours, 1855 (2) 
 
 58 Colquhonn (John) The Moor and the Loch, FIRST, second 
 
 and third editions, numerous illustrations, uncut, 1840-51 ; / <? / 
 
 and others by Colquhoun (5) ' / ~ 
 
 59 Cotton (Charles) Poems on several occasions, fine copy, in x 
 
 the original calf 1689 2- .2~ . 
 
 60 Colquhoun (J.) The Moor and the Loch, fourth edition, 
 
 2 vol. illustrations, 1878 Hardy (Lieut. C.) Sporting 
 Adventures in the New World, 2 vol. frontispieces, 1855 / a / 
 
 Lennox (Lord W.) Pictures of Sporting Life and ' / " 
 
 Character, 2 vol. frontispieces, 1860 (6) 
 
 61 Cotton (Charles) The Compleat Angler : being Instructions 
 
 how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, 
 
 FIRST EDITION, title slightly cut into, 1676 Venables 
 
 (R.)The Experienc'd Angler: or Angling Improv'd, the /"" 
 
 fifth edition, much enlarged, frontispiece and engravings 
 
 of fish, made-up copy, 1683 ; calf gilt, g. e. uniform 
 
 (the lot sold not subject to return) (3) 
 
 62 Couch (J. and T. Q.) History of Polperro, frontispiece, 1871 
 
 Newhouse (S.) The Trapper's Guide, with numerous // I 
 
 illustrations, 1889 Prouty(L.) Fish : their Habits and 
 Haunts, 1883 Watson (J.) British Sporting Fishes, 
 frontispiece, 1890; and others (13) 
 
 63 Cox (N.) The Gentleman's Recreation : Hunting, Hawk- 
 
 ing, Fowling, Fishing, third edition, with the folding 
 
 sheet (imperfect) and plates, some leaves soiled, 1686 I -- 
 
 The same, sixth edition, folding sheet torn, 1721 ; 
 
 original calf (the lot sold not subject to return) (2) 
 
 64 Cramer (D.) Emblemata Moralia Nova, engraved title and 
 
 numerous beautiful engravings, morocco gilt, g. e. f I /^_ 
 
 Francof. 1630 
 
 65 Crawhall (Joseph) Chaplets from Coquet Side, with engrav- 
 
 ings by the author, coloured by hand, presentation copy, a 
 
 few extra illustrations inserted, one of 100 copies, half *$ / 
 
 bound, t. e. g. 1873 
 
 66 D. ( J.) The Secrets of Angling, augmented by W. Lawson 
 
 [edited by Sir Henry Ellis], one of 100 copies struck off 
 separately, calf, t. e.g. 1811 Huckell (J.) Avon: a ^ 7 / 
 
 Poem, interleaved, with a drawing and some pencil notes, 
 half calf, 1811 Westwood (T.) Poems, 1840; &c. (7) 
 A
 
 10 OCTAVO 
 
 67 Dagley (JR.) Death's Doings, Original Compositions in 
 
 Verse and Prose, with etched illustrations, 2 vol. original 
 boards, damaged, 1827 Blakey (R.) Old Faces in New 
 
 / Masks, frontispiece and engraved title by Geo. Cruik- 
 
 shank, 1859 ; and others (5) 
 
 68 Davies (G. C.) Peter Penniless : Gamekeeper, illustrations, 
 
 n. d. Mountain, Meadow, and Mere, illustrated, 1873 
 
 . The Swan and her Crew, numerous illustrations, 1889 
 
 2. / Fisher (P.) The Angler's Souvenir, edited by G. C. 
 
 Davies, border and illustrations, n. d. ; and others by 
 
 Davies (7) 
 
 69 Davies (G. C.) Norfolk Broads and Eivers, with illustra- 
 
 tions, 1884 Scott (G. C.) Fishing in American Waters, 
 illustrated, 1873 Henderson (W.) My Life as an 
 Angler, portrait and woodcuts, 1880 Keene (J. H.) 
 The Practical Fisherman, with numerous illustrations, 
 1881 : and others (16) 
 
 70 Davy (Sir H.) Salmonia : or Days of Fly Fishing, FIRST, 
 
 second, third and fourth editions, engravings, calf gilt 
 and morocco gilt, the backs of the last two editions sym- 
 bolically tooled, 1828-51 (4) 
 
 71 Days in Clover, by " The Amateur Angler," plates, 1892 
 / ., i By Meadow and Stream, plates, 1896, Japanese vellum 
 
 paper, limited to 25 copies, half parchment, uncut (2) 
 
 72 Dewar (G. A. B.) The Book of the Dry Fly, frontispiece 
 
 and coloured plates of flies, 1897 Pritt (T. E.) North- 
 Country Flies, coloured plates, 1886 Yorkshire Trout 
 Flies, coloured plates, 1885 (3) 
 
 73 Dodd (J. S.) Essay towards a Natural History of the 
 
 Herring,/bZdzH<7 plate, old red morocco, g. e. scarce, 1752 
 /x / Coxe (N. ) The Nobleman and Gentleman's Recrea- 
 
 / ^ tion : The Fowler, Falconer, Fisherman and Huntsman, 
 
 n.d. Howitt(S.) The Angler's Manual, with 12 plates, 
 original boards, 1808 (3) 
 
 74 Dray ton (Michael) Complete Works, now first collected, 
 - , edited by R. Hooper, 3 vol. LARGE PAPER, facsimile por- 
 
 ~ /** trait, uncut Library of Old Authors, 187 G 
 
 75 Egan (Pierce) Pilgrims of the Thames, illustrated, 1838 
 
 History of Ashbourn, the Valley of the Dove, &c. nume- 
 rous illustrations on india paper, half calf, 1839 
 Butcher (R.) Survey of the Towns of Stamford and 
 Tottenham-High-Cross, old calf, 1717 Feltham (J.) 
 Tour of the Island of Mann, 1797-8, illustrated, 1798 ; 
 and others (6) 
 
 76 Emerson (P. H.) Birds, Beasts and Fishes of the Norfolk 
 
 Broadland, numerous beautiful illustrations, 1895 
 Shand (A. I.) Mountain, Stream and Covert, with 
 illustrations, 1897 ; and others (4)
 
 OCTAVO 11 
 
 77 Essay on Angling, by a Member of the Worcester Anglers' ^ 
 
 Society, original cloth, rare Worcester, 1840 /. J-O 
 
 78 Every Boy's Book of Sport and Pastime, illustrations, 1897 * 
 
 Beard (D. C.) The American Boy's Handy Book, 
 numerous engravings, 1897 Wood (J. G.) The Modern / / 
 
 Playmate, illustrated, n. d. Jones (W.) The Broad, */ " 
 
 Broad Ocean, illustrated, 1871 ; and others a parcel 
 
 79 Family Jewel (A) or The Womans Councellor, 1704 ; New 
 
 Problems of Aristotle, 1705 ; New Book of Knowledge, 
 
 1705 ; The Secrets of Angling, by C. G. very^ scarce, ^ %* f ^ 
 
 1705 ; original sheep binding in 1 vol. 
 
 80 Fisher (P. i. e. W. A. Chatto) The Angler's Souvenir, beauti- 
 
 ful plates, and ornamental borders to each page, by Beck- ///.- 
 
 with and Topham, C. Tilt, 1835 Another edition, Sohn, 
 1845 ; original cloth (2) 
 
 81 Fishes' Feast (The) with a Mermaid's Song, &c by 
 
 A. T y, with two plates, 1808 The Water-King's 
 
 Levee, a sequel to " The Peacock at Home," coloured 
 plates, 1808 The Fish and the Ring, coloured frontis- 
 piece, 1831 ; and others, original wrappers (6) 
 
 82 Fisheries. Britain's Golden Mines discover'd : The Fishery 
 
 Trade considered, on our own Coasts, Greenland, and /// 
 
 Newfoundland, uncut, 1720 Memoir of the Schuylkill 
 Fishing Company, plates, half morocco, t. e. g. Philad. 
 1830 ; and others relating to the American Fisheries (5) 
 
 83 Fisheries (Herring) Treatises by McCulloch, Earl of Dun- 
 
 donald, and others, 1750, fyc. Maydman (H.) Naval 
 Speculations, portrait, 1691 ; and other scarce pieces (10) 
 
 84 Fisheries (Irish) Treatises by Brabazon, Macdougall, H. F. 
 
 Hore, and others, cloth and half bound, 1802 ; &c. (10) 
 
 85 Fisheries (British) Treatises by Raleigh, Phelps, Fall, 
 
 L'Estrange, and others, cloth and half bound, 1720 ; &c. 1 7 / 
 
 (18) 
 
 86 Fisheries (Scotch) Treatises by Pitcarne, Fraser, and others, 
 
 mostly relating to the Scotch Salmon Fishery, cloth and / $ J 
 
 half bound, 1720; &c. (18) 
 
 87 Fisherman (The Complete) or Universal Angler, .... to 
 
 which is added the whole Art of Fly-Fishing, second 
 edition, frontispiece mounted and slightly defective, 
 panelled calf gilt, g. e. n. d. 
 
 88 Fitzgibbon (E.) Handbook of Angling .... by Ephemera, 
 
 FIRST EDITION, engravings, 1847 ; other editions, uncut 5~/ ' - 
 
 (4) 
 
 89 Fly-Maker's Hand- Book, with 9 coloured plates of artificial 
 
 flies for trout and grayling fishing, by an Angler, original . / 
 
 edition, scarce, Liverpool, n. d. Reprint of the same, 
 ib. n. d. (2) 
 
 A 2
 
 - / 
 
 12 OCTAVO 
 
 , 90 Ford (S.) Piscatio : or Angling, a Poem, translated by 
 
 Q /^ Tipping Silvester, half bound, uncut, t. e.g. scarce 
 
 Oxford, 1733 
 
 91 Forester (Frank, i. e. H. W. Herbert) Fish and Fishing of 
 
 the United States and British Provinces of North 
 America (with Supplement), FIRST EDITION, frontispiece 
 and numerous illustrations, half morocco, m. e. and cloth 
 
 1849-50 
 
 92 Forester (F.) Fish and Fishing of the United States and 
 
 British Provinces of North America .... new edition, 
 with a Treatise on Fly-Fishing by " Dinks," numerous 
 illustrations, calf gilt, m. e. New York, 1859 
 
 93 Forester (F.) Fish and Fishing of the United States, FIRST 
 
 EDITION, numerous illustrations, New York, 1850 
 Reynardson, Sports and Anecdotes of Bygone Days, co- 
 loured illustrations, 1887 ; and another (3) 
 
 94 Fletcher (P.) Piscatory Eclogues, &c. calf, 1771 Smart 
 
 (C.) Collection of Poems, 2 vol. uncut, 1807 Silvester 
 / - (T.) Original Poems and Translations, half calf , t. e.g.; 
 
 and others (14) 
 
 95 Francis (Francis) A Book on Angling, FIRST, second and 
 / ,- third editions, illustrations, original cloth 1867-72 
 
 96 Francis (F.) A Book on Angling, fourth, fifth and sixth 
 /___ editions, illustrations, original cloth 1876-85 
 
 97 Francis (F.) Newton Dogvane : a Story of English 
 
 Country Life, 3 vol. illustrations by Leech, 1859 Sidney 
 Bellew, a Story, 2 vol. 1870 ; FIRST EDITIONS, uncut (5) 
 
 98 Francis (F.) By Lake and River, 1874 Fish Culture, with 
 
 numerous illustrations, 1863 Another edition, 1865 
 %. / Hot Pot, or Miscellaneous Papers, 1880 Angling Re- 
 
 miniscences, 1887 ; and others by the same author (8) 
 
 99 Franck (Richard) Northern Memoirs calculated for the 
 
 Meridian of Scotland, FIRST EDITION .... to which is 
 
 added the Contemplative and Practical Angler by way of 
 
 0~ :2? - & Diversion, original calf, scarce 1694 
 
 100 Fraser (D.) Riverside Rambles of an Edinburgh Angler, 
 
 illustrated, 1895 Cliffe(J. H.) Notes and Recollections 
 of an Angler, 1870 Roscoe (E. S.) Rambles with a 
 Fishing-Rod, 1883 Rooper (G.) Thames and Tweed, 
 n. d. ; and others (21) 
 
 101 Game Law: Laws and Statutes made for the preservation 
 
 of Game, 1767 The Game Law, in 2 parts, 1727 
 Game Law, by J. Giles, 1740 Laws concerning Game, 
 1751 Statutes at Large for the preservation of Game, 
 1756 ; and others, chiefly in calf (11)
 
 OCTAVO 13 
 
 102 Gauchet (C.) Le Plaisir des Champs, avec la Venerie, 
 
 Volerie et Pescherie, Poeme, half parchment, uncut, 
 1869 Poitevin (B.) L'Ami du Pecheur, engravings, 
 half calf, 1ST 5-, and others (4) 
 
 103 Gentleman Angler (The), frontispiece, morocco extra, uncut, 
 
 i.e. g. 1786 The Angler's Companion and Nobbs's Art 
 of Trolling, coloured frontispiece, mottled calf gilt, t. e. g. 
 original wrapper bound up (2) 
 
 104 Gentleman Angler (The) .... to which is added: The 
 
 Angler's New Song, the Laws of Angling, &c. FIRST 
 EDITION, original sheep, 1726 Second and third editions J*<j /_ 
 of the same, with large Additions, half bound, 1736 and 
 n. d. The Gentleman Fisher, second edition, frontis- 
 piece (shaved}, old calf, H. Curll, 1727 (4) 
 
 105 Gentleman's New Jockey, woodcuts, original sheep, 1696 
 
 Lambert (J.) The Country-Man's Treasure, frontispiece 
 (mounted], calf, g. e. n. d. The Vermin Killer, wormed, a [** 
 
 original sheep, 1680 Another edition, half morocco, 
 n. d. ; and others (7) 
 
 106 Geoponica : sive de Re Rustica, Gr. et Lat. 4 vol. half 
 
 parchment, 1781 Traite de toute sorte de Chasse et de 
 
 Peche, 2 vol. plates, vellum, 1714 Parthenius (N.) ^ / '_. 
 
 Halieutics, plates, vellum, 1689 ; and others (11) 
 
 107 Grimble (A.) Leaves from a Game Book, portrait and 
 
 illustrations, one of 250 copies, half parchment, uncut, _ , 
 
 t. e. g. 1898 Seymour's Humorous Sketches, 86 carica- 
 ture etchings, with Text, 1878 A modern edition of the 
 same, n. d. (3) 
 
 108 Gillmore (Parker, " Ubique") Prairie and Forest, nu- 
 
 merous illustrations, 1874 Accessible Field Sports, 
 frontispiece, 1869 Bickerdyke (J.) A Banished Beauty, 
 1894 Wild Sports in Ireland, illustrations, 1897 
 Davies (G. C.) Rambles and Adventures of our School 
 Field-Club, illustrations, 1881 : and others (13) 
 
 109 Halford (F. M.) Floating Flies, and How to Dress Them 
 
 .... with a few hints to Dry-Fly Fishermen, coloured 7 J / 
 
 plates and woodcuts, half bound, uncut, t. e. g. Moule 
 (T.) Heraldry of Fish, with engravings, LARGE PAPER, 
 one of 100 copies, uncut, 1842 (2) 
 
 110 Hale (Capt.) How to tie Salmon Flies, with illustrative en- 
 
 gravings, 1892 Walker (C. E.) Old Flies in New /9/ - 
 Dresses, illustrated, 1898 Beever (John) Practical 
 Fly-Fishing, one o/56 numbered copies, 1893 (3) 
 
 111 Hall (H. B.) Highland Sports and Highland Quarters, 
 
 2 vol. FIRST EDITION, illustrations, halfmorocco, t. e. g. 
 the backs symbolically tooled n. d.
 
 / 
 
 14 OCTAVO 
 
 112 Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C.) The Book of the Thames, from 
 
 its Rise to its Fall, with numerous beautiful illustrations, 
 original cloth, g. e. 1859 
 
 113 Hall (R.) The Highland Sportsman and Tourist, map and 
 
 illustrations, 1884 Fraser (J.) Handbook for Ireland, 
 1849 How and Where to Fish in Ireland, illustrated, 
 1886 ; and other Guides, &c. a parcel 
 
 114 Hallock (C.) The Sportsman's Gazetteer, map and illus- 
 
 trations, 1883 Sporting Anecdotes, edited by "Ellan- 
 
 / / gowan," 1889 Lees and Clutterbuck. A Ramble in 
 
 British Columbia, map and illustrations, 1889 Prince 
 (W. C.) I goa-Fishing, 1873 ; and others (12) 
 
 115 Hamilton (E.) Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, 
 
 Trout and Grayling, illustrations, one of 100 numbered 
 
 fO/- copies, uncut, 1884 Where the Trout Hide, by Kit 
 
 Clarke, illustrated, watered silk binding, g. e. 1889 
 [Kent (C.)] By Celtic Waters, illustrated, 1894; and 
 another (4) 
 
 116 Hamilton (E.) The River-Side Naturalist, with numerous 
 
 woodcuts, 1890 Armistead (J. J.) An Angler's Para- 
 dise, illustrated, 1895 Erasmus, Familiar Colloquies, 
 by Bailey, 1877 ; and others (6) 
 
 117 Harting (J. E.) Essays on Sport and Natural History, 
 
 illustrations, half morocco, t. e. g. 1883 Fitzpatrick 
 JP, x (B. M.) Irish Sport and Sportsmen, crimson morocco gilt, 
 
 */"" g. e. 1878 Gale (F.) Modern English Sports, parch- 
 
 ment, uncut, t. e. g. 1885 ; and another (4) 
 
 118 Hassell (J.) Excursions of Pleasure and Sports on the 
 
 Thames, with numerous beautifully coloured aquatinta 
 engravings, half calf, 1823 Egan (Pierce) Sporting 
 f i , 6 Anecdotes, frontispiece by J. S. Cruikshank, calf, 1820 
 
 Needham (T. H.) The Complete Sportsman, half calf, 
 1817; and others (5) 
 
 119 Hawker (Lieut. Col. P.) Instructions to Young Sportsmen 
 
 in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, seventh edition, 
 L / enlarged and improved, plates and woodcuts, original 
 
 cloth, uncut 1833 
 
 120 Henderson (W.) Notes and Reminiscences of my Life as 
 
 an Angler, illustrations, LARGE PAPER, printed for private 
 circulation, half morocco, the back symbolically tooled, g. e. 
 
 1876 
 
 121 Henderson (W.) My Life as an Angler, portrait and 
 
 woodcuts, chiefly on india paper " author's LARGE 
 PAPER copy," half morocco gilt, g. e. 1879 
 
 122 Hofland (T. C.) The British Angler's Manual : or the Art 
 
 of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, 
 with numerous engravings on steel and wood, half mo- 
 rocco, symbolically tooled, t. e. g. 1841
 
 OCTAVO 15 
 
 123 Hofland (T. C.) The British Angler's Manual, numerous 
 
 beautiful plates on india paper, and woodcuts, uncut, 
 1839 Another edition, edited by E. Jesse, plates and 
 woodcuts, 1848 Wilson (James) The Rod and the 
 Gun, plates and woodcuts, 1840 (3) 
 
 124 [Hodgson (William)] The Divine Cosmographer, frontis- 
 
 piece and engraved title by Marshall, half bound, 1640 - 
 
 Boroughes (Sir John) The Soveraignty of the British /" 
 
 Seas, old calf, 1651 Smith (T.) Every Man his own 
 Fisherman, sheep, n. d. The Compleat Fisher, frontis- 
 piece, cuts, sheep, n. d.; and others (small) (10) 
 
 125 [Hole (S. R.)] A Little Tour in Ireland .... by an 
 
 Oxonian, FIRST EDITION, coloured folding frontispiece /^~f *- 
 
 and numerous illustrations by John Leech, original cloth, 
 g. e. 1859 
 
 126 Hole (S. R.) A Little Tour in Ireland .... by an 
 
 Oxonian, coloured plates and woodcuts by J. Leech, . 
 
 n. d. Mr. Barnacles and his Boat, 24 etchings, oblong, / "~ 
 
 n. d. Hubbard (L. L.) Woods and Lakes of Maine, 
 illustrated, half morocco, 1884 ; and others (8) 
 
 127 Hood's Own : or Laughter from Year to Year, both series, , 
 
 2 vol. humorous illustrations Moxon, 1873 I 
 
 128 Hone (William) Every-Day Book, Table Book and Year 
 
 Book, 4 vol. with numerous engravings, uncut n. d. & / *~ 
 
 129 Howitt (William) Rural Life of England, illustrated by 
 
 Bewick and Williams, 1862 The Boy's Country-Book, 
 
 woodcuts, half calf, 1839 Miller (T.) Beauties of the ,/6 /- 
 
 Country, illustrations, 1837 Rural Sketches, 1839; and 
 
 others by Howitt and Miller (8) 
 
 130 Hewlett (Robert) The Angler's Sure Guide, frontispiece 
 
 and plate, original calf, 1706 Williamson (John) The 
 British Angler, plates, original sheep, 1740 [Snart 
 (C.)] Practical Observations on Angling in the River 
 Trent, original boards, uncut, 1801 Angling Excur- 
 sions of Gregory Greendrake in Ireland, part I, Wick- 
 low, two editions, uncut, 1824-26 ; and others (12) 
 
 131 Innocent Epicure (The) or the Art of Angling: a Poem, 
 
 calf, 1697 Another edition (second), calf, 1713 
 
 Another, with a frontispiece, half bound, 1741 The ;* j / 
 
 Anglers, eight Dialogues, in verse, half calf , 1758 (4) 
 
 132 International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883 : the Fisheries 
 
 Exhibition Literature, 13 vol. illustrated 1884 
 
 133 Ironmongers' Company. Some Account of the Worshipful 
 
 Company of Ironmongers, compiled by John Nicholl, 
 engravings, presentation copy from the compiler to W. 
 Pickering, uncut 1851
 
 16 OCTAVO 
 
 134 Jackson (John) The Practical Fly-Fisher, coloured plates, 
 
 1854 Another edition, 1880 Fly- Fishing in Salt and 
 Fresh Water, with 6 coloured plates, 1851 Minto (Earl 
 of) Game, Salmon and Poachers, 1863 ; and others (10) 
 
 135 Jacob (G.) The Country Gentleman's Vade M.ecnm,frontis- 
 
 piece, half calf, 1717 Country Gentleman's Com- 
 panion, 2 vol. original calf, 1753 Fairfax (T.) The 
 
 i //*" Complete Sportsman, frontispiece, original sheep, n. d. 
 
 The Complete Grazier, calf, 1775 : and others (13) 
 
 136 Jesse (Edward) Gleanings in Natural History, 3 vol. 
 
 illustrated, 1835 An Angler's Reminiscences, 1836 
 Favourite Haunts and Rural Studies, with numerous 
 illustrations, 1847 ; and others by Jesse (7) 
 
 137 Johnson (T. B.) The Sportsman's Cyclopedia, the Chase, 
 
 the Course and the Stream, portrait and numerous illus- 
 trations, uncut, 1831 Maxwell (W. H.) The Field 
 Book, numerous engravings, half morocco, t. e. g. 1833 (2) 
 
 138 Jones's Guide to Norway, and Salmon-fishers Pocket Com- 
 
 panion, edited by F. Tolfrey, coloured plates ofjlies, half 
 morocco gilt, t. e. g. 1848 Davies ( E.) Dartmoor Days, 
 frontispiece, half russia gilt, t. e. g. 1863 Johns (C. A.) 
 Home Walks and Holiday Rambles, etchings, half calf, 
 1863 ; and another (4) 
 
 139 Isys (Cotswold) Guide to Dry-Fly Fishing, plates, n. d. 
 
 Up-to-date Fly Fishing, coloured frontispiece, n.d. Penn 
 . (R-) Maxims and Hints on Angling, &c. woodcuts, 1855 
 
 / *-/ "~ Knox (Dr.) Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of 
 
 Scotland, woodcuts, 1854; and others; various Nos. of 
 the Angler's Record and Fisherman's Magazine, &c. 
 unbound a parcel 
 
 140 Kentish (The) Angler, frontispiece, calf gilt, scarce, 1804 
 
 Evans (W.) The Art of Angling, or Complete Fly- 
 Fisher, frontispiece, n. d. Turton (J.) The Angler's 
 ^Z 6 /, Manual, or Fly-Fisher's Oracle, frontispiece, 1836 
 
 Smith (G.) The Angler's Magazine, title mounted, 1760, 
 half calf ' (4) 
 
 141 Kings of the Rod, Rifle and Gnn, by " Thormanby,"2 vol. 
 
 with 32 portraits and illustrations, 1901 Fisher (Major) 
 Rod and River, or Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout, and 
 Grayling, 1892 Stuart (H.) Lochs and Loch Fishing, 
 numerous plates, 1899 (4) 
 
 142 Kingsley (Charles) Miscellanies, 2 vol. half calf, 1859 
 
 Letters, and Memories of his Life, edited by his Wife, 
 2 vol. portraits and illustrations, half morocco, uncut, 
 t.e.g. 1888 (4)
 
 OCTAVO 17 
 
 143 Kirkbridge (J.) The Northern Angler, or Fly-Fisher's 
 
 Companion, frontispiece, uncut, 1837 Another edition, 
 frontispiece, 1840 (2) 
 
 144 Knox (A. E.) Autumns on the Spey, tinted plates, 1872 
 
 Conway (Jas.) Forays among Salmon and Deer, 
 frontispiece, 1861 Glencreggan, or a Highland Home 
 in Cantire, by Cuthbert Bede, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, 
 illustrations, 1861 ; and others (6) 
 
 145 L'Art de toute sorte de Chasse et de Peche, 2 vol. 1719 
 
 Amusement de la Chasse et de la Peche, 2 vol. 1743 
 
 Duval, Traite des Eaux et Forests de France, Pesches *f O / 
 
 et Ch asses, 1699 ; and others, chiefly in old calf (13) 
 
 146 Lamont (James) Seasons with the Sea-Horses, illustrated, 
 
 half morocco, the back symbolically tooled, t.e.g. 1861 
 
 Bertram (J. G.) Harvest of the Sea, with 50 illus- 
 trations, half calf gilt, 1865 Tenison- Woods (J. E.) 
 Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales, numerous 
 plates, half morocco, 1882 (3) 
 
 147 Landor (W. S.) Imaginary Conversations, 5 vol. 1883 // 
 
 Kingsley (C.) Miscellanies, 2 vol. 1860 ; and others (9) 
 
 148 Lang (Andrew) Angling Sketches, FIRST EDITION, LARGE 
 
 PAPER, one of 150 numbered copies, etchings and numerous & / - 
 
 illustrations, original boards, uncut 1891 
 
 149 Lanman (C.) Adventures in the Wilds of the United 
 
 States and British American Provinces, 2 vol. illustra- 
 tions, uncut 1859 
 
 150 Lascelles (Robert) Letters on Angling, &c. in three parts, ^ ^ ^ 
 
 '. 
 
 original wrappers, uncut (no title) 1819 
 
 151 Lascelles (Robert) A Series of Letters on Angling, 
 
 Shooting, and Coursing, in three parts, plates, half 
 morocco, t. e. g. 1819 
 
 152 Lathy (T. P.) The Angler, a Poem .... by Piscator, 
 
 proof portrait and engravings, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by 
 the insertion of upwards of 60 portraits and illustrations, / 2< ' 
 chiefly proofs, the text neatly inlaid, morocco gilt, g. e. * 
 Wm. Harrison's copy, with his book-plate 1819 
 
 153 Lees (J. A.) Peaks and Pines, illustrations, 1899 Three 
 
 in Norway, map and illustrations, 1883 Bowden (J.) 
 Norway, its People, &c. 1867 Sporting Life on the ?/ 
 
 Norwegian Fjelds, translated by W. G. Lock, 1878 ; 
 and others (15) 
 
 154 Leslie (G. D.) Our River, illustrated by the author, H. S. 
 
 Marks, $c, 1888 Murray (J. F.) Picturesque Tour of 
 the River Thames, maps and illustrations, 1845 Hall 
 (Mr. and Mrs.) The Book of South Wales, the Wye 
 and the Coast, numerous engravings, 1861 (3) 
 
 A 3
 
 18 OCTAVO 
 
 155 List of Natural Flies that are taken by Trout, Grayling 
 
 and Smelt, in the Streams of Ripon, with Addenda in- 
 serted at end, plates, 1853 British Angling Flies, 1862 
 Younger ( J.) River Angling for Salmon and Trout, 
 1864 Harvie-Brown (J. A.) The Wonderful Trout, 
 1898 Davy (J.) Angler in the Lake District, 1857 ; 
 and others a parcel 
 
 156 [Llewellyn (Martin)] Men-Miracles, with other Poemes, 
 
 by M. LL. some of the text slightly cut into, calf, g. e. 
 1656 Waller (W.) Divine Meditations ..... by a 
 Person of Honour, original sheep, 1682 Vaughan 
 (Henry) Olor Iscanus: Poems, title mended, several leaves 
 cut into, wants the portrait, morocco, 1651 ; the lot sold 
 not subject to return (3) 
 
 157 Lloyd (J.) The English Country Gentleman, FIRST EDI- 
 
 TION, 1849 The same, second edition, presentation copy, 
 1854 Boaz (H.) The Angler's Progress, a Poem, 
 woodcuts, presentation copy from Jas. Maidment, half 
 bound, 1820 Chesshyre (E.) Posthumous Songs, with 
 portrait and autograph, 1837; and others (6) 
 
 158 Lloyd (L.) Field Sports of the North of Europe, 2 vol. 
 
 plates, half morocco, m. e. 1831 Medwin (T.) The Angler 
 in Wales, 2 vol. illustrated, half calf, 1834 (4) 
 
 159 Lord (J. K.) The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and 
 
 British Columbia, 2 vol. illustrations, 1866 Life and 
 Writings of Frank Forester (H. W. Herbert), 2 vol. 
 illustrated, n.d. Revoil (B. H.) Shooting and Fishing 
 in North America, 2 vol. 1865; and others (8) 
 
 160 Lord (W. B.) and T. Baines. Shifts and Expedients of 
 
 Camp Life, Travel and Exploration, numerous illustra- 
 tions, half calf, 1871 Little Rivers: Essays, by H. 
 Van Dyke, portrait and illustrations, uncut, t.e.g. 1896 
 
 (2) 
 
 161 Lubbock (R.) On the Fauna of Norfolk, map and plates, 
 
 1879 British Rural Sports, by " Stonehenge " (J. H. 
 / f \ / Walsh), portrait and numerous illustrations, half calf, 
 
 ' /_ 1867 Out of Door Sports in Scotland, by " Ellan- 
 
 gowan," frontispiece, half morocco, uncut, t.e.g. 1889 ; 
 
 and others (5) 
 
 162 M. (J.) The Whole Art of Husbandry, engravings, 1707 
 
 Compleat System of Husbandry and Gardening, 1716 
 
 Ellis (W.) Agriculture Improv'd, 2 vol. 1746 
 Bradley (R.) The Country Gentleman and Farmer's 
 Monthly Director, frontispiece, 1727 ; and others, chiefly 
 in old calf a parcel 
 
 163 Mackintosh (Alex.) The Modern Fisher, or Driffield 
 y I ^ Angler, 1821 Another edition, n. d. Another, frontis- 
 
 [ piece, n. d. original boards, uncut (3) 
 
 fo f. 
 
 C /*
 
 OCTAVO 19 
 
 164 Mackay (C.) The Thames and its Tributaries, 2 vol. en- 
 
 gravings, 1840 Maxwell (W. H.) Wanderings in the 
 Highlands and Islands, 2 vol. portrait, 1844 Breton % / 
 
 (Lieut.) Scandinavian Sketches, plates, 1835; and 
 others (9) 
 
 165 Mackay (C.) Under Green Leaves, 1857 Isys (C.) Lyra 
 
 Piscatoria, 1895 Armstrong (J.) " Wanny Blossoms," ^ / 
 
 with a Treatise on Fishing, 1879 ; and others (7) / ' 
 
 166 Manley (J. J.) Notes on Fish and Fishing, with illustra- 
 
 tions, 1877 Wilcocks (J. C.) The Sea-Fisherman, 
 illustrated, 1868 Smith (W. A.) Lewsiana : Life in 
 the Outer Hebrides, with illustrations, 1875 Elliott 
 (W.) Carolina Sports, 1867 ; and others (11) 
 
 167 Marchant (John) Puerilia, or Amusements for the Young; 
 
 a Collection of Songs for Little Misses, Young Masters, 
 &c. curious folding frontispiece, panelled calf gilt, g. e. 
 
 1751 
 
 168 Markham (Gervase) The Compleat Husbandman and 
 
 Gentleman's Recreation (contains Directions in Angling, 
 Hawking, Hunting, &c. ), curious woodcuts, half bound, 
 1707 Tracey (R.) Vox Piscis, or the Book- Fish, con- 
 taining Three Treatises which were found in the belly of 
 a Cod-fish, frontispiece, original calf, scarce, 1627 (2) 
 
 169 Martingale. Sporting Scenes and Country Characters, 
 
 with numerous woodcuts by Alken, T. Landseer, fyc. / 
 
 original boards, 1840 English Country Life, original 
 cloth, 1843, FIRST EDITIONS (2) 
 
 170 Maxwell (Sir H.) Salmon and Sea Trout, ivith numerous 
 
 illustrations, LARGE PAPER, one of 130 numbered copies, 
 rough calf, uncut, 1898 Fur, Feather and Fin Series : 
 the Salmon and the Trout, 2vol. illustrations, 1898 (3) 
 
 171 Metcalf (F.) The Oxonian in Thelemarken, 2 vol. frontis- 
 
 pieces, 1858 The Oxonian in Norway, 2 vol. frontis- 
 pieces, 1856 Sporting Society, 2 vol. illustrations by 
 R. Caldecott, 1897; and others (13) 
 
 172 Mitchell (W.) The Pleasure and Utility of Angling, 1824 
 
 The Angler's Progress, a Poem, first and second 
 editions, 1820 Best (T.) Art of Angling, frontispiece, 
 uncut, 1804 Bowlker (C.) Art of Angling, frontispiece, 
 1810 Neil's Complete Angler, frontispiece, n. d. 
 Barker (T.) Art of Angling, 1651 (reprint) Barker's 
 Delight, 1657 (reprint); and others, all unbound (19) 
 
 173 Morgan (George) The New Complete Sportsman, or the /">/ 
 
 Town and Country Gentleman's Recreation, frontispiece, '/*'' 
 
 fine copy in calf extra, g. e. n. d. 
 
 A 4
 
 y //' 
 
 f // / 
 ' ' / 
 
 20 OCTAVO 
 
 174 Morris (T.) The American Angler's Book, the Natural 
 
 History of Sporting Fish, with numerous illustrations, 
 1864 Watson (B. A.) The Sportsman's Paradise, the 
 Lake Lands of Canada, illustrations, 1889 ; &c. (3) 
 
 175 Neil's Complete Angler, frontispiece, 1804 Other editions 
 
 of the same The Angler's Assistant, coloured frontis- 
 pieces, two editions Lee's Expert English Angler, 
 coloured frontispiece, n.d. Concise Treatise on the Art 
 of Angling, frontispiece, n. d. Complete Art of Angling, 
 coloured frontispiece, n. d.: and others, original wrappers 
 
 in two boxes 
 
 176 Newland (Henry) The Erne, its Legends and its Fly- 
 
 Fishing, maps and illustrations, including coloured flies, 
 original cloth, uncut, fine copy 1851 
 
 177 Nobbes (R.) The Compleat Troller, or the Art of Trolling, 
 
 by a Lover of the Sport, FIRST EDITION, with the leaf of 
 Contents, original calf, symbolically tooled, g. e. very 
 scarce, 1682 Reprint of the same, calf, with arms on 
 sides, 1682 (circa 1790) (2) 
 
 178 Norris (T.) American Angler's Book, the Natural History 
 
 of Sporting Fish, with illustrations, 1864 Ward (R.) 
 The English Angler in Florida, numerous illustrations, 
 1898 ; and others (4) 
 
 179 North (Roger) Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds, FIRST 
 
 EDITION, scarce, E. Cur II, 1713 The same, second 
 edition, ib. 1715, calf (2) 
 
 180 North-Country Angler, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, 1786 
 
 Second edition of the same, frontispiece, half morocco, 
 t.e.g. 1789 Third edition, frontispiece, Leeds, 1800 
 Another edition, morocco, 1817 (4) 
 
 181 O'Connor (R.) Field Sports of France, numerous engrav- 
 
 ings, uncut [St. Omer~\, 1846 Angling Excursions of 
 Gregory Greendrake, frontispiece, fyc. 1832 Carpenter 
 (W.) The Angler's Assistant, woodcuts and coloured 
 plate of flies, 1852 ; and others (20) 
 
 182 O'Gorman. The Practice of Angling, particularly as 
 
 regards Ireland, 2 vol. portrait, 1845 [Belton] Two 
 Summers in Norway, 2 vol. 1840 Ross (W. A.) Yacht 
 Voyage to Norway, &c. 2 vol. frontispiece, 1848 ; and 
 others, chiefly uncut (18) 
 
 183 O'Gorman. The Practice of Angling in Ireland, frontis- 
 
 piece, 1855 Simeon (C.) Stray Notes on Fishing and 
 Natural History, engravings, 1860 Dewar (G.) South 
 Country Trout Streams, plates, 1899 Wade (H.) 
 Halcyon, with coloured plates, 1861 Cliffe (J. H.) 
 Notes and Recollections of an Angler, 1860 ; and 
 others (19)
 
 OCTAVO 21 
 
 184 Oliver (Stephen, i.e. W. A. Chatto) Scenes and Recollec- 
 
 tions of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland, &c. engravings, 
 
 uncut, 1834 Rambles in Northumberland, &c. 1835 
 
 Anderdon (J. L.) The River Dove, a short autograph letter Z-J~/ - 
 
 inserted, uncut, 1847 Hansard (G. A.) Trout and Salmon 
 
 Fishing in Wales, uncut, 1834 Wheatley (H.) Rod and 
 
 Line, coloured plates ofjlies, uncut, 1849 ; &c. (9) 
 
 185 On Surrey Marshes, by a " Son of the Marshes," 1892 
 
 Annals of a Fishing Village, plates, 1891 A Spring ..* 
 
 and Summer in Lapland, 1864 King ( J. L.) Treating '/ " 
 
 on the Brule River, 1879 Watson (J.) Poachers and 
 Poaching, frontispiece, 1891 ; and others (8) 
 
 186 Page (J. L. W.) The Rivers of Devon, illustrated, LARGE 
 
 PAPER, one of 250 copies, 1893 Bickerdyke (J.) The . 
 
 Book of the All- Round Angler, engravings, LARGE ''/ " 
 
 PAPER, one o/2()l copies, 1888 The Year's Sport, for 
 1885, half bound, t.e.g. (3) 
 
 187 Penn (R.) Maxims and Hints for an Angler, and Miseries 
 
 of Fishing, &C. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER, etchings f V I _ 
 
 by Seymour on india paper, FINE COPY, in the original 
 cloth 1833 
 
 188 Penn (R.) Maxims and Hints for an Angler, FIRST 
 
 EDITION, etchings by Seymour, on india paper, 1833 ; ^ / " 
 
 New Edition of the same, enlarged, 1839 ; Another, 
 1842, original cloth (3) 
 
 189 Perley (M. H.) Reports on the Fisheries of New Bruns- 
 
 wick, 1852 Ogilby (J. D.) Edible Fishes and Crus- 
 
 taceans of New South Wales, with illustrations, 1893 / " 
 
 Meehan (W. E.) Fisheries of Pennsylvania, plates, 
 
 1893 Pamphlets and Blue Books on the Salmon 
 
 Fisheries, &c. unbound a parcel 
 
 190 Phillips (Henry) The True Enjoyment of Fishing, portrait 
 
 and music, subscriber's copy, only 100 printed, 1843 / ?/_ 
 
 Walton (Izaak) Complete Angler, each page embellished 
 with a beautiful border, uncut, t. e. g. 1893 ; &c. (7) 
 
 191 Phipson (E.) The Animal-Lore of Shakspeare's Time, 
 
 frontispiece, 1883 McLellan (I.) Poems of the Rod ///- 
 
 and Gun, frontispiece, 1886 The Coquet-Dale Fishing 
 Songs, 1852 Way th (C.) Trout Fishing: a Rural 
 Poem, 1845 ; and others (9) 
 
 192 Piscatorial Society's Papers, read before the Society 
 
 [ 1 889-97], 2 vol. portraits, half calf, g. e. 1 890 Records ^ o /^ 
 
 of the Glendale Anglers' Club, 1838-80, half calf, 
 privately printed (3) 
 
 193 Poitevin (B.) L'Ami dn Pecheur, numerous illustrations, 
 
 1873 Cherville. Contes de Chasse et de PSehe, 1878 &/ 
 
 Lefevre (J.) La Vieille ou les dernieres Amours 
 d'Ovide, 1861; and others, unbound (12)
 
 22 OCTAVO 
 
 194 Pollock (Lieut.-Col.) Sport in British Burmah, Assam, 
 
 &c. 2 vol. with illustrations, 1879 Beavan (Capt. R.) 
 Handbook of the Freshwater Fishes of India, plates, 1877 
 Percival (W. S.) The Land of the Dragon, map, 1889 ; 
 and others (8) 
 
 195 Pope (Alex.) Windsor- Forest, illustrated with 5 scarce 
 
 engravings, including swimming ladies, by Gribelin, half 
 bound 1720 
 
 196 Pulman (G. P. R.) The Book of the Axe : a Piscatorial 
 
 Description of the Stream, and Historical Sketches, 
 fourth edition, map (mounted), and numerous plates and 
 woodcuts, uncut, t. e.g. 1875 
 
 197 Pulman (G. P. R.) The 3ook of the Axe, map and illus- 
 
 trations, 1854 White (Walter) All Round the Wrekin, 
 
 ,(. / 1860 Manley ( J. J.) Notes on Fish and Fishing, 1881 
 
 ' * On Surrey Hills, by a " Son of the Marshes," 1892 ; 
 
 and others (9) 
 
 198 Pulman (G. P. R.) Vade Mecnin of Fly-Fishing for 
 
 Trout, FIRST EDITION, an autograph note inserted, 1841 
 The same, second edition, 1846 The Angler's Hand- 
 (2- 1 ^ Book, coloured plates of flies, 1838 Dougall (J. D.) 
 
 Salmon and Trout Angling, 1841 ; and other small 
 treatises (30) 
 
 199 Radford (George) Rambles by Yorkshire Rivers, one of 
 *"*/,_ 25 copies, with the etchings printed on satin, parchment, 
 
 g. e. Leeds, n. d. 
 
 200 Rambles and Recollections of a Fly-Fisher,. ..by Clericus, 
 
 plates, 1854 Dick, Flies and Fly Fishing, woodcuts, 
 
 f2_i 1873 Fishing with the Fly, 1883 Stevens (C. W.) 
 
 /*" Fly- Fishing in Maine Lakes, illustrated, 1884 ; and 
 
 others (9) 
 
 201 Robertson (W.) Forest Sketches, plates, 1865 Dyer 
 
 (T. F. T.) Great Men at Play, 2 vol. 1889 Bulger 
 ~ / (G. E.) Leaves from the Records of St. Hubert's Club, 
 
 / /"" 1864 Sargent (H. R.) Thoughts upon Sport, 1895; 
 
 and others (8) 
 
 202 Ronalds (Alfred) The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. ..with 
 
 Observations relative to Trout and Grayling Fishing, 
 FIRST EDITION, 1836 The same, second to eighth 
 editions, numerous beautifully coloured plates of flies, 
 original cloth, uncut (1836-77) (8) 
 
 203 Roosevelt (R. B.) The Game Fish of the Northern 
 
 States and British Provinces, portrait and illustrations, 
 New York, 1884 Superior Fishing, illustrated ib. 
 1884; half calf gilt, t. e. g. uniform Angling Days on 
 Scotch Lochs, by " Yellow Body," presentation copy, 
 morocco gilt, g. e. 1884 Random Casts, half morocco, 
 t. e. g. 1878 ; and others (7)
 
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 204 Russell (Alex.) The Salmon, 1864 Conway (J.) Forays 
 
 among Salmon and Deer, frontispiece, n. d. Wells 
 ( H. P.) The American Salmon Fisherman, illustrated, 
 1886; and others (5) 
 
 205 Salter (T. F.) The Angler's Guide, second, fifth, and sixth 
 
 to ninth editions, numerous illustrations, haff bound and /2- /_ 
 
 cloth (6) 
 
 206 Salter (R.) The Modern Angler, frontispiece, uncut, 1811 
 
 Another copy, with specimens of artificial flies inserted, 
 
 uncut, 1811 Salter (T. F.) The Troller's Guide, wood- /0 / - 
 
 cuts, 1820 Other Editions of the Troller's and Angler's 
 
 Guide (10) 
 
 207 Sambnci(Joan.) Emblemata, numerous beautiful woodcuts, 
 
 half calf Lugd. Bat. 1584 */ / ^ 
 
 208 Sannazarius (J.) Opera omuia Latine scripta, fine copy in 
 
 morocco extra, g. e. with anchor in gold on the sides 2.* ' J ' " 
 
 Venet. Aldus, 1535 
 
 209 Saunders (J.) The Compleat Fisherman, folding frontis- 
 
 piece, 1724 The Universal Angler (especially Fly- / / 
 
 Fishing), frontispiece and plates, calf gilt, 1766 Com- / *" 
 
 plete Fisherman, or Universal Angler, frontispiece, half 
 calf, n. d. ; and a volume containing curious extracts, 
 epigrams, &c. (4) 
 
 210 School of Recreation (Hunting, Hawking, Cock-Fighting, 
 
 &c. ) frontispiece, original sheep, 1696 Another edition, 
 frontispiece, calf, 1720 Another edition, some headlines > ^ f ^ 
 
 shaved, frontispiece, original sheep, 1736 White (J.) 
 A Rich Cabinet, with Variety of Inventions, curious 
 woodcuts, half calf, 1684 (4) 
 
 211 Scotcher (George) The Fly Fisher's Legacy, coloured plate 
 
 of flies, original wrapper, uncut, with the paper label on Jf 
 side Chepstow (circa 1800) ^~ ty . T . 
 
 * # * A rare local work which preceded Bainbridge (1816), 
 Carroll (1818) and Ronalds (1836). 
 
 212 Scott (G. C.) Fishing in American Waters, illustrations, 
 
 1869 Lees and Clutterbuck. A Ramble in British. 
 Columbia, map and illustrations, 1888 Metcalfe (F.) s^s / 
 
 The Oxonian in Iceland, map, 1861 Autobiography of 
 John Younger, portrait, 1881 ; and others (15) 
 
 213 Scott (W. H.) British Field Sports : Shooting, Hunting, 
 
 Racing, Cocking, Fishing, &c numerous beautiful plates, /, ^/ 
 chiefly engraved by J. Scott, and woodcuts, original cloth, 
 uncut 1818 
 
 214 Scrope (William) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in 
 
 the River Tweed, illustrated by Sir D. Wilkie, Sir E. 
 and C. Landseer, fyc. half morocco, t. e.g. 1885
 
 24 OCTAVO 
 
 215 Scrope (William) Days and, Nights of Salmon Fishing in 
 ~ , * the Tweed, second edition, with coloured and other illus- 
 " J ' trations, calf extra, g. e. by Tout 1854 
 
 216 Senior (W.) Travel and Trout in the Antipodes, 1880 
 
 Webster (D.) The Angler and the Loop-Rod, portrait, 
 1885 Three in Norway, illustrated, 1882 Rowan 
 /7/- (J- JO The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada, map, 
 
 1876 Gilmore (Parker) Leaves from a Sportsman's 
 Diary, 1893 ; and others ? 01 ^ ' (17) 
 
 217 Seymour (R.) Humorous Sketches, comprising 92 carica- 
 2* / ture etchings, coloured by hand, illustrated in prose by 
 
 R. B. Peake, original cloth, t.e.g. 1846 
 
 218 Seymour (R.) Sketches : Angling and Shooting, &c. 
 
 engraved title and 21 humorous etchings, half red morocco, 
 the back symbolically tooled, g. e. Thos. Fry, n. d* 
 
 219 Shetland. Description of the Island of Shetland. ..the 
 
 Great White Herring Fishery, &c. 1753 Letters con- 
 cerning the Free British Fisheries, with draughts of a 
 Herring-Buss and Nets, and Harbour of Peterhead, 
 1750 Girvin (J.) The Herring Fishery in the Firth of 
 Forth, 1800 ; and others, unbound (15) 
 
 220 Shipley and Fitzgibbon. True Treatise on the Art of 
 
 Fly- Fishing, Trolling, &c. LARGE PAPER, one of a few 
 
 / copies, with the engravings on india paper, original cloth, 
 
 uncut 1838 
 
 221 Shirley (T.) The Angler's Museum, second edition, portrait 
 
 of John Kirby, calf gilt, n. d. Third edition of the 
 same, with portrait, calf, symbolically tooled, g. e. n. d. 
 2.2,/^ Another edition, half calf, n. d. Salter (R.) The 
 
 Modern Angler, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, original 
 calf, Oswestry, n. d. (4) 
 
 222 Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France, &c. by 
 
 " Wildfowler " and " Snapshot," 2 vol. 1876 Shooting, 
 
 j / Yachting, and Sea-Fishing Trips, 2 vol. 1877 Shooting 
 
 Adventures, Canine Lore, &c. 2 vol. 1879 (6) 
 
 223 Slack (J. H.) Practical Trout Culture, illustrated, 1872 
 
 Capel (C. C. ) Trout Culture, engravings, 1885 Summer 
 
 in Broadland, illustrated, 1889 Shrubsole (E. S.) Long 
 
 ^ C) / Casts and Sure Rises, 1893; and others (21) 
 
 224 Smith (Wm.) Natural History of Nevis, and the rest of 
 
 the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America, old 
 calf, 1745 Moorson (Capt. W.) Letters from Nova 
 2 2/ ^ Scotia, 1830 Smith (Dr.) Natural History of the 
 
 Fishes of Massachusetts, woodcuts, half morocco, m. e. 
 1843 ; and others, some scarce (10)
 
 OCTAVO 25 
 
 225 Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club, with illustrations 
 
 drawn and engraved by members of the club, a Supple- 
 mentary Sheet loosely inserted at end, Edinb. privately 
 printed, 1858 A new edition, with Additions, and some 
 extra leaves at end, ib. 1879 ; original cloth (2) 
 
 226 Speedy (T.) Sport in the Highlands and Lowlands of 
 
 Scotland, with illustrations, 1886 Fisher (A. T.) Out- 
 door Life in England, 1896 Mills (John) The Sports- 
 man's Library, portrait and engravings, n. d. &c. (1) 
 
 227 Speedy (T.) Sport in the Highlands and Lowlands of 
 
 Scotland, with illustrations, 1884 Abbott (S.) Arden- ^ , 
 
 mohr among the Hills, illustrated, 1876 Pollok (Col.) 
 Incidents of Foreign Sport and Travel, illustrated, 1894 ; 
 and others (6) 
 
 228 Sporting Almanack, and New Sporting Almanack, XI vol. 
 
 (various), plates, 1839-45 The Angler's Diary, 1871, 
 1872, 1874 to 1876, 1878 and 1880 The Rail and the 
 Rod, by Greville F. (Barnes), no. 1 to 6, 1867-71 : 
 Guides and Handbooks of Angling, &c. 2 parcels 
 
 229 Sporting Anecdotes. ..by an Amateur Sportsman, /ronfr's- 
 
 piece, caZ/(1807) Fairfax (J.) The Complete Sports- 
 man, frontispiece, calf, 1795 Jacob (G.) The Compleat / 7/W / ' 
 Sportsman, original sheep, 1718 Mayer (J.) The ' 
 
 Sportsman's Directory, plates, 1817 ; and others (7) 
 
 230 Sportsman's (The) Dictionary : Instructions for Hawking, 
 
 Hunting, Fishing, Cocking, &c. 2 vol. plates, old calf, fQj ~ 
 
 1735 The Universal Sportsman's Dictionary, calf, 
 Dublin, 1780 (3) 
 
 231 Stewart (W. C.) The Practical Angler : or Art of Trout- 
 
 Fishing, first to seventh editions, woodcuts, uncut / - 
 
 1857-77 
 
 232 Stewart (C.) The Law of Scotland relating to Rights of 
 
 Fishing, edited by J. C. Shairp, 1892 Simmonds (P.L.) 
 The Commercial Products of the Sea, illustrations, 1879 
 Bickerdyke(J.) Practical Letters to young Sea Fishers, 
 numerous illustrations, 1898 Mitchell (J. M.) The 
 Herring, iu\th illustrations, 1864; and others (10) 
 
 233 St. John (Charles) Natural History and Sport in Moray, 
 
 with numerous beautiful etchings, and engravings in the 
 text, original cloth, uncut, t. e. g. Edinb. 1 882 
 
 234 St. John ( C. ) A Tour in Sutherlandshire, 2 vol. illustrations, 
 
 uncut, 1884 Wild Sports and Natural History of the / / _ 
 
 Scottish Highlands, half morocco, t. e. g. 1888 (3) 
 
 235 St. John (C.) Wild Sports and Natural History of the 
 
 Highlands, illustrated, 1878 Natural History and Sport 
 in Moray, engravings, 1863 Notes and Sketches from 4 / 
 
 the Wild Coasts of Nipon. by Capt. H. C. St. John, 
 illustrations, 1880 ; and others (5)
 
 q / 
 7/ 
 
 26 OCTAVO 
 
 U36 St. John (C.) A Tour in Sutherlandshire, 2 vol. FIRST 
 EDITION, woodcuts, half morocco gilt, m. e. 1849 Dob- 
 son (W.) Rambles by the Kibble, the three series, in 1 
 vol. half morocco, t. e. g. 1864 Shepard (J. S.) Over 
 the Dovrefjelds, illustrations, half morocco, t. e. g. 1873 ; 
 arid others (8) 
 
 237 Stoddart (T. T.) Songs and Poems, 1839 Angling Songs, 
 
 portrait, 1839 Songs of the Seasons, &c. portraits, 
 
 ///- *$~f l^S 1 Art of Angling as practised in Scotland, woodcuts, 
 
 1835 ; and others (6) 
 
 238 Stoddart (T. T.) The Angler's Companion to the Eivers 
 
 and Lochs of Scot! and, frontispiece, 1847 An Angler's 
 Rambles, and Angling Songs, 1866 Angling Remi- 
 niscences, 1887 ; and others by the same author (6) 
 
 239 Stretton (C.) Sport and Sportsmen, frontispiece, 1866 
 
 Hardy (Capt. C.) Forest Life in Acadie, illustrated, 
 1869 Dykes (T.) All Round Sport with Fish, Fur and 
 Feather, illustrations, 1887 Patterson (R. L.) The 
 Birds, Fishes, and Cetacea of Belfast Lough, 1880 (4) 
 
 240 Thomas (H. S.) The Rod in India, illustrations, 1881 
 
 Chapman and Buck, Wild Spain, with 174 illustrations, 
 1893 Reid (G. H.) Essay on N. S. Wales, 1876 (3) 
 
 241 Tolfrey (F.) The Sportsman in Canada, 2 vol. plates, 1845 
 
 The Sportsman in France, 2 vol. illustrations, 1841 
 The Sportsman in Ireland, 2 vol. engravings, 1840; 
 uncut (6) 
 
 242 Traherne (J. P.) The Habits of the Salmon, 1889 Con- 
 
 tributions to Natural History, 1865 Davies (G. C.) 
 
 / / Norfolk Broads and Rivers, with illustrations, 1883 
 
 Howitt (W.) Year Book of the Country, illustrated, 
 1850 ; and others (19) 
 
 243 Travel, Adventure and Sport, from " Blackwood's Maga- 
 
 zine," 6 vol. n. d. Hunting, Shooting and Fishing, 
 with numerous illustrations, 1877 ; and others a parcel 
 
 244 True Art of Angling, in the original sheep binding, very 
 
 scarce A. Ustonson, 1770 
 
 245 Venables (R.) The Experienc'd Angler, or Angling 
 
 Tmprov'd, third edition, much enlarged, frontispiece and 
 engravings of fish, original sheep binding 1668 
 
 246 Venables (R.) The Experienc'd Angler, or Angling Im- 
 
 prov'd, the fourth edition, much enlarged, frontispiece 
 and engravings of fish, half parchment 1676 
 
 247 Venables (R.) The Experienced Angler, or Angling 
 
 Improved, reprint of the first edition of 1662, vignette 
 engravings on india paper, calf, 1825 Another edition, 
 vignettes on india paper, half morocco, t. e. g. 1827 (2) 
 
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 248 Waller (Sir William) Divine Meditations upon several 
 
 occasions, with a Dayly Directory, fine portrait by N. 
 Yeates, calf gilt, g. e. 1680 
 
 249 Wells (H. P.) Fly-Rods, and Fly-Tackle, illustrated, n. d. 
 
 Fishing with the Fly, with illustrations of standard 
 flies, numerous beautifully coloured plates, 1885 (2) 
 
 250 Walton (Izaak) The Corapleat Angler, or The Contem- 
 
 plative Man's Recreation to which is added the Laws ,-j ~/^ 
 
 of Angling, &c. the fourth edition, much corrected and 
 enlarged, scroll on title, engravings of fish, and musical 
 notation, a few headlines slightly shaved, calf 1668 
 
 251 Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, the fifth edition, 
 
 rnnch corrected and enlarged, R. Marriott, 1676 
 Cotton (Charles) The Compleat Angler, being Instruc- 
 tions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear /? ~~r & <*> 
 Stream, FIRST EDITION, R. Marriott and H. Brome, ' / ' G 
 1676 Venables (Col. R.) The Experienc'd Angler, the 
 fourth edition, much enlarged, R. Marriott, 1676 ; engra- 
 vings of fish, fyc. green morocco extra, g. e. fine copies 
 
 in 1 vol. 
 
 %* With general title : " The Universal Angler, made so, 
 by Three Books of Fishing." 
 
 252 Walton and Cotton. Compleat Angler, Moses Browne's ? <j / _ 
 
 FIRST EDITION, plates and woodcuts, frontispiece mounted, 
 morocco gilt, g. e. 1750 
 
 253 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Sir John Hawkins' 
 
 FIRST EDITION, with fine impressions of the plates by J <$/. 
 
 Wale and Byland, original calf 1760 
 
 254 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, " Sir John Haw- 
 
 kins' sixth edition," plates, additionally illustrated by the / / / 
 
 insertion of several views, engravinys of fish, facsimiles, ' * / " 
 
 $c. calf 1797 
 
 255 Walton (Izaak) Complete Angler, Bagster's reprint of the 
 
 First Edition of 1653, the engravings beautifully coloured, 
 half morocco gilt, t. e. g. scarce 1810 
 
 256 WALTON AND COTTON. Complete Angler, "Bagster's 
 
 Second Edition," wiih Lives of the authors and Notes by 
 Sir John Hawkins, portraits and plates by Wale and 
 Audinet, 96 EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS, chiefly views and 
 portraits, inserted, half russia, uncut, t. e. g. 1815 
 
 257 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Lives of the 
 
 Authors and Notes by Sir John Hawkins, portraits and 
 plates, original boards, uncut 1822 
 
 258 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, MAJOR'S FIRST 
 
 EDITION, with illustrative Notes, LARGE PAPER, portraits, 
 plates on india paper, by Wale and Nash, and woodcuts, 
 russia gilt, m. e. 1823
 
 J*/- 
 
 28 OCTAVO 
 
 259 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Major's second 
 
 edition, LARGE PAPER, portraits and plates by Wale and 
 
 * . Nash, on india paper, and woodcuts, original boards, 
 
 **/* uncut 1824 
 
 260 WALTON (!ZAAK) Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir H. Wot- 
 
 ton, R. Hooker, &c. edited, with illustrative Notes, by 
 John Major, LARGEST PAPER, portraits and plates on 
 
 L /*<'*) (i india paper, and woodcuts, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the 
 
 fa ** ' insertion of 62 scarce portraits and views, morocco extra, 
 
 g. e. 1825 
 
 261 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Notes and 
 
 Lives of the Authors, portraits, plates by Wale and 
 Nash, and woodcuts, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g. 
 
 Washbourne, 1842 
 
 262 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Major's fourth 
 
 edition, LARGE PAPER, portraits, plates and woodcuts, 
 illustrated with additional portraits, engravings of fish, 
 and fishing, local views, fyc. uncut 1844 
 
 263 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited by Edward 
 
 Jesse, 1856 ; and three other editions of the same, 
 f Cf/ '_- numerous portraits, plates and woodcuts, calf gilt, m. e. 
 
 1856-76 
 
 264 Walton and Cotton. Der vollkommene Angler, heraus. 
 f , von Ephemera, plates, half morocco, symbolically tooled, 
 */ ' t. e. g, Hamburg, 1859 
 
 265 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited, with Notes, 
 /* /_ by John Major, portraits, plates, and woodcuts, uncut 
 
 Boston, 1866 
 
 266 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited, with Notes, 
 -^, &c. by Geo. W. Bethune, 2 vol. portraits and numerous 
 
 illustrations (1880) 
 
 267 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited by John 
 
 Major, portrait, and 6 original etchings in two states, and 
 O/. ^ numerous vignettes, on india paper, half parchment, uncut, 
 
 t. e. g. 1883 
 
 268 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with an Introduc- 
 
 tion by J. R. Lowell, 2 vol. portraits and numerous 
 
 /, / ^ beautiful plates on india paper, and woodcuts, one 0/150 
 
 numbered copies, uncut 1889 
 
 269 Walton and Cotton. The Compleat Angler, edited, with 
 / an Introduction, by Richard le Gallienne, illustrated by 
 
 */- E. H. New, complete in 13 parts 1896-97 
 
 270 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited by John 
 , , Major, EDITION DE LUXE, the portraits, plates, and 
 
 t " I vignettes on india paper, one 0/250 numbered copies, half 
 
 parchment, t. e. g. Strahan, n. d.
 
 OCTAVO 29 
 
 271 Walton. The Incompleat Angler, after Master Izaak 
 
 Walton, edited by F. C. Burnand, and illustrated by 
 
 Harry Furniss, the illustrations coloured by hand, mot- $ / ~ 
 
 tied calf extra, t. e. g. by Riviere fy Son, 1887 The same, 
 
 the illustrations uncoloured, original cloth, 1887 (2) 
 
 272 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Memoirs 
 
 and Notes by Sir H. Nicolas, illustrations, 1887 // / 
 
 Another edition, with Notes, edited by John Major, 
 etchings, portraits and woodcuts, 1889 (2) 
 
 273 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with original 
 
 Memoirs and Notes by Sir H. Nicolas, illustrations after / 
 
 Stothard and Inskipp, 1875 Another edition, uncut, 
 n. d. (2) 
 
 274 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited, with Notes, 
 
 by G. C. Davies, numerous illustrations, 1890 Another /. . 
 
 edition, 1895 Another, edited by Geo. W. Bethune, 
 1891 (3) 
 
 275 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, First American 
 
 Edition, illustrated, half calf, New York, 1847 Another *? /- 
 edition, ib. 1852 Another, edited by J. Major, numerous 
 illustrations, n. d, (3) 
 
 276 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Notes and 
 
 Lives of the Authors, portraits, plates by Wale and .. . 
 
 Nash, and woodcuts, 1839 Another edition, edited by 
 " Ephemera," numerous illustrations, half morocco, symbo- 
 lically tooled, t. e. g. 1853 Second edition of the same. 
 with a few extra illustrations, half calf, 1854 ; &c. (4) 
 
 277 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited by E. Jesse, 
 
 portraits, plates and woodcuts, 1861 Another edition, ^ / ^ 
 
 1882 Another, edited by Andrew Lang, illustrated by 
 E. J. Sullivan, 1896 ; and another (4) 
 
 278 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Sir John Hawkins' 
 
 second, third, fourth and fifth editions, plates by Wale 
 and Ryland, original calf, 1766-92 (4) 
 
 279 Walton and Cotton. Compleat Angler, Moses Browne's 
 
 First, seventh and eighth editions, plates and woodcuts, _ 
 
 1750-72 Complete Angler, Sir John Hawkins' fifth 
 edition (two copies), plates and woodcuts, 1791 ; original 
 calf (5) 
 
 280 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited by E. 
 
 Jesse, portraits, plates and woodcuts, 1884 Another 
 edition, edited by G. C. Davies, n. d. ; and others (7) 
 
 281 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Major's third 
 
 edition, portraits, plates, and woodcuts, 1835 Walton, 
 Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, &c. portraits, 1857 
 Another edition, 1866 ; and others (7)
 
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 282 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, portraits and en- 
 
 gravings, half calf, n. d. Another edition, 1875 
 Another, illustrated, 1841 Another, 1851 ; and other 
 editions (8) 
 
 283 Walton (Izaak) Complete Angler, facsimile reprint of the 
 
 first edition of 1653, edited by R. Le Gallienne, uncut, 
 1896; and other facsimile reprints of the first edition (8) 
 
 284 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, 2 vol. portraits 
 
 and vignettes, morocco, g. e. Chiswick, 1824 Another 
 
 . edition, portraits and vignettes, original boards, 1826 
 
 i / [ *~ Another, by Sir J. Hawkins, portraits and engravings, 
 
 / 1825; and others (10) 
 
 285 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Lives and 
 
 Notes by Sir J. Hawkins, edited by J. Rennie, engrav- 
 ings, 133 ; and other editions, edited by Rennie ; uncut, 
 1833-57 (12) 
 
 286 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, engravings, mo- 
 
 rocco, g. e. Pickering, 1825 Another edition, uncut, ib. 
 
 1826 The same, morocco, g. e. 1826 Lives of Donne, 
 / - Wotton, Hooker, &c. LARGE PAPER, portraits, uncut, ib. 
 
 1827 ; and other small editions of Walton and Cotton 
 
 (15) 
 
 287 Walton (R.) Random Recollections of the Midland Cir- 
 
 cuit, 2 vol. 1869 Tweed and Don, engravings, 1860 
 Akerman (J. Y.) Spring-Tide, portrait, 1850 Peard 
 (W.) Practical Water- Farming, 1868; &c. a parcel 
 
 288 Waltoniana : or a Collection of Lives, Memoirs, Narra- 
 
 tives, Anecdotes, &c. illustrative of the Angler and the 
 
 / / Lives, from numerous rare and authentic sources, MANU- 
 
 / "~ SCRIPT, with many printed cuttings inserted, in 8 vol. half 
 
 calf (the last 2 vol. only contain a few illustrative notes) 
 
 289 Watson (A. E. T.) The Young Sportsman, with numerous 
 
 illustrations, 1900 The " House " on Sport, compiled 
 and edited by W. A. Morgan, 2 vol. with many illustra- 
 tions, 1898-99 (3) 
 
 290 Way to get Wealth, original sheep, n. d. Puckle (J.) 
 
 England's Path to Wealth and Honour, original sheep, 
 1718 More (Sir J.) England's Interest: or the Gentle- 
 man and Farmer's Friend, original sheep, 1703 : and 
 others, some defective (8) 
 
 291 Webber (C. W.) Romance of Natural History, illustra- 
 
 tions, 1852 Price (Major) The Two Americas, with 
 illustrations, 1877 Chambers (E.) The Ouananiche, 
 and its Canadian Environment, with beautiful illustra- 
 tions, 1896 ; and others (7) 
 
 292 Welwod (William) Abridgement of the Sea-Lawes, a large 
 
 copy, in the original limp vellum 1636 
 
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 OCTAVO 31 
 
 293 Weld (C. R.) Vacation Tour in the United States and 
 
 Canada, map, 1855 Vicary (J. F.) An American in 
 
 Norway, 1885 Lowndes (G. R.) Camping Sketches, <jf / '^ 
 
 with numerous illustrations, 1 892 Norway and its 
 
 Scenery, plates, 1853 ; and others (14) 
 
 294 Westwood (T.) The Burden of the Bell, and other Lyrics, 
 
 1850 Smith (L. A.) The Music of the Waters, 1888 ^ / 
 
 Fisher (R. T.) Rakings over many Seasons, 1876 f 
 
 Davies (G. C.) Angling Idylls, 1876 (4) 
 
 295 Westwood (T.) A New Bibliotheca Piscatoria, interleaved, 
 
 Mr. Westwood's copy, with numerous MS. additions, half 
 morocco, t. e. g. 1861 Sabin (J.) Bibliographical Cata- 
 logue of the Waltonian Library of R. W. Coleman, 1866 
 Waltoniana : inedited Remains in Verse and Prose 
 of Izaak Walton, 1878 [Boosey (T.)] Piscatorial 
 Reminiscences .... with a Catalogue of Books on 
 Angling, frontispiece, 1835; and others (14) 
 
 296 Westwood and Satchell. Bibliotheca Piscatoria : a Cata- 
 
 logue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries, and Fish- . 
 
 Culture, numerous extracts and cuttings inserted at end, /$/ 
 
 half morocco, t. e. g. Thomas Westwood's copy, with his 
 bookplate 1883 
 
 297 [ VVheelwright( W. H.)] Sporting Sketches, coloured plates, 
 
 n , c?._ Wyndham (F. M.) Wild Life on the Fjelds of 
 Norway, tinted illustrations, 1861 Barnwell. Game /"^ / 
 
 Fish of the Northern States of America, 1862 Sport- 
 ing Adventures of Charles Carrington, illustrated by R. 
 Caldecott, 1899 ; and others (14) 
 
 298 Whitehead (C. C.) Wild Sports in the South: or the 
 
 Camp-fires of the Everglades, FIRST EDITION, illustra- 
 tions, half morocco, the back symbolically tooled, t. e. g. 
 
 New York, 1860 
 
 299 Whitney (John) The Genteel Recreation : or the Pleasure 
 
 "oTAngiing, a Poem, with a Dialogue between Piscator J/ ^ . 7 
 and Corydon, the extremely rare original, a few headlines - Q-- ( * 
 slightly shaved, original calf 1700 
 
 It would appear to have been privately printed, which 
 accounts for its very great rarity. 
 
 300 Whole Art of Fishing .... to which is added the Laws of 
 
 Angling, frontispiece, half calf, E. Curll, 1714 Cox 
 
 (N.) The Gentleman's Recreation, folding frontispiece, ? & / . 
 
 half vellum, n. d. Pollard (R.) New and Complete 
 
 Angler, folding frontispiece, half morocco, scarce (1802); 
 
 and others (5) 
 
 301 Wilcocks (J. C.) The Sea-Fisherman, illustrated, 1884 
 
 Bowden (J.) The Naturalist in Norway, tinted plates, 
 1869 D'Ewes (J.) Sporting in Both Hemispheres, 
 plates, 1858 Tugwell (G.) On the Mountain, tinted 
 plates, 1862 ; and others (18) 
 
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 302 Williamson (Capt. T.) Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum, 
 engravings, half calf gilt, symbolically tooled on the back, 
 t.e.g. 1825 Taylor (S.) Angling in all its branches, 
 
 f-3 / - frontispiece, uncut, 1800 Carroll (W.) Angler's Vade 
 
 Mecum, with 12 coloured plates of flies, original boards, 
 
 uncut, 1818; and another (4) 
 
 , 303 Willis. The Legendary : Original Pieces, edited by N. P. 
 
 '/ Willis, 2 vol. in 1, original cloth Boston, 1828 
 
 304 Wilson (James) The Rod and the Gun, plates and wood- 
 
 cuts, 1844 [Fitzgibbon (E.)] The Book of the Salmon 
 
 ft /- .... by Ephemera, coloured plates, 1850 Penn (R.) 
 
 Maxims and Hints for an Angler, etchings, 1833 ; and 
 others, uncut (6) 
 
 305 Wilson (James) The Rod and the Gun, plates and wood- 
 
 cuts, 1841 Lanman (C.) Letters from the Alleghany 
 
 ^ / Mountains, 1849 Soltau (G. W.) Trout Flies of Devon 
 
 / and Cornwall, plates, 1847 Pulman (G. P. R.).Vade 
 
 Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout, 1851 ; and others (8) 
 
 306 Wilson (Prof.) Recreations of Christopher North, 3 vol. 
 
 calf, 1842 Wilson (J.) Voyage round the Coasts of 
 
 ff" Scotland, 2 vol. plates, half morocco, 1842 Hunt 
 
 (Leigh) The Indicator, 2 vol. wants portrait, half calf, 
 1834 ; and others (9) 
 
 307 W[ix] (H[enry]) On Roach Fishing, and its Peculiarities 
 
 1860 
 
 %* Printed for private circulation. In the above the love 
 of roach fishing may be said to culminate and take rank 
 as one of the solemn duties of life. 
 
 308 Wotton (Sir Henry) Reliquiae Wottonianae, FIEST EDITION, 
 
 portraits, half calf, 1651 Another edition (fourth), 
 portraits, old calf, 1685 Boyle (R.) Occasional Reflec- 
 tions, FIRST EDITION, original calf, 1665 ; and others (5) 
 
 309 Yarrell (William) History of British Fishes, third edition, 
 _ , edited by Sir John Richardson, 2 vol. port, and numerous 
 I / - beautiful woodcuts, original cloth, uncut Van Voorst, 1859 
 
 310 Young Angler's Guide ; Fly-Fishing, Trolling, &c. plates 
 . . and woodcuts, 1839 [March] The Jolly Angler, wood- 
 
 ^ / ~ cuts, half calf (1833) ; and other editions of the same (5) 
 
 311 Young (L.) Sea-Fishing as a Sport, illustrated, 1865 
 
 Bund (J.) Salmon Problems, 1885 A New Book of 
 
 <^> / Sports, 1885 Mac Vine (J.) Sixty-three Years' Angling, 
 
 1891 -, and others (16) 
 
 312 Younger (John) River Angling for Salmon and Trout, 
 
 portrait, 1860 Cutcliffe (H. C.) Trout Fishing on 
 
 // /, Rapid Streams, 1863 Davy (J.) The Angler and his 
 
 Friend, 1855 The Teesdale Angler, by R. Lakeland, 
 1858 Wright (W.) Fishes and Fishing, frontispiece, 
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 813 Aldam (W. H.) A Quaint Treatise on " Fleas and the Art 
 
 a Artyfichall Flea Making," by an Old Fisherman x? 
 
 with Editorial Notes and Patterns of Flies, and Samples L (f */. O 
 of the materials for making each Fly, original cloth, g. e. & 
 
 1880 
 
 314 Alexander (W.) Journey to Beresford Hall, frontispiece 
 
 and vignette, 1841 ; Six Picturesque Views in Derby- 
 
 shire, by J. Meadows, descriptive of the Journey of '/[ 
 
 Piscator and Viator, 1833 in 1 vol. 
 
 315 Badminton Library. Fishing, by H. C. Pennell : Salmon 
 
 and Trout, Pike and other Coarse Fish, 2 vol. numerous 
 illustrations, 1885 Sea Fishing, by John Bickerdyke. 
 illustrated, 1895, LARGE PAPER, half bound, uncut, t. e. g. 
 
 (3) 
 
 316 Badminton Library. The Poetry of Sport, selected and 
 
 edited by H. Peek, numerous illustrations, LARGE PAPER, 
 half bound, uncut, t. e.g. 1896 
 
 317 Bainbridge^Geo. C.) The Fly Fisher's Guide, illustrated 
 
 by coloured plates, representing upwards of 40 of the /&/ 
 
 most useful flies, accurately copied from Nature, FIRST / ' 
 
 EDITION, LARGE PAPER, the author's copy, with his book- 
 plate, original boards, very scarce 1816 
 
 318 [Barker (Thomas)] The Art of Angling, wherein are dis- 
 
 covered many rare Secrets, very necessary to be knowne ^ JT/ ' 
 
 by all that delight in that Recreation, half bound, rare 
 
 1653 
 
 319 Barker (T.) Art of Angling, reprint of the rare original of 
 
 1653, 1817 Letters on the Herring Fishery, 1809 , 
 
 The Angler's Complete Assistant, n. d. The Angler's / " 
 
 Assistant (broadside) ; and other treatises and broad- 
 sides a parcel 
 
 320 Barlow (Francis) A sett of Prints of Hunting, Hawking, / , 
 
 and Fishing, 13 fine plates, etched by W. Hollar, 
 mounted, limp morocco oblong, n. d. 
 
 321 Barlow (P.) Varia? Avium Species, Quadrupedum Species 
 
 (Birds and Quadrupeds), 37 beautiful etchings by P. ..t 
 
 Tempest, JR. Gaywood and W. Hollar, neatly mounted, ' / " 
 
 calf, 1694-5 in 1 vol. 
 
 322 Blanchere (H. de la) La Peche et les Poissons : Diction- 
 
 naire General, numerous coloured and other illustrations, 
 half calf, 1868 La Peche aux Bains de Mer, illustrated, 
 n. d. ; and others (5) 
 
 323 Bol. Venationis, Piscationis, et Aucupii typi, Joan. Bol j/ ~ 
 
 depingebat, P. Galleus excud. engraved title and 47 jk 
 beautiful engravings, limp vellum oblong, n. d.
 
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 324 Book of Sports : British and Foreign, 2 vol. numerous 
 
 illustrations, 1843 Rural Life, illustrated and described, 
 2 vol. half calf \ n. d. Skeavington's Modern Farriery, 
 numerous illustrations, half bound, n. d. ; and others (8) 
 
 325 Bromley-Davenport (W.) Sport: Fox-Hunting, Salmon- 
 
 Fishing, Covert-Shooting, and Deer-Stalking, numerous 
 illustrations by H. H. Crealocke, chiefly on india paper, 
 EDITION DE LUXE, one of 150 numbered copies, half 
 parchment, uncut 1885 
 
 326 Browne (William) Whole Works, now first collected and 
 
 edited, with a Memoir and Notes, by W. C. Hazlitt, 
 2 vol. LARGE PAPER, half bound, uncut 
 
 printed for the Roxburghe Library, 1868 
 
 327 Cats (Jacob) Alle de Wercken, portrait and numerous em- 
 
 blematic engravings, some leaves wormed, old oak boards, 
 covered with leather, 1659 Camerarius (J.)Symbolorum 
 et Emblematum centuries tres, portrait and numerous 
 engravings, old calf, 1605 (2) 
 
 328 Columella of Husbandry and his Book concerning Trees, 
 
 translated, calf, 1745 Bradley (P.) Account of the 
 Works of Nature, engravings, calf, 1721 Anderson (J.) 
 Manufactures and Fisheries, &c. of Scotland, calf, 1777; 
 and others (6) 
 
 329 Collier (J. P.) A Book of Roxburghe Ballads, 1847 
 
 Poems, by J. A. Bell, printed in Memoriam, and not for 
 publication, 1865 Hows (J. A.) Forest Pictures in the 
 Adirondacks, with Poems, 1865 ; and others (5) 
 
 330 Crawfurd (O.) A Year of Sport and Natural History: 
 
 Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, &c. with numerous illustra- 
 tions, uncut, t. e. g. 1895 
 
 331 Crawhall (Joseph) The Compleatest Angling Booke that 
 
 ever was writ, FIRST EDITION, one o/40 copies, coloured 
 and other illustrations, half morocco, t. e. g. 
 
 Newcastle, 1859 
 
 332 Crawhall (J.) A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for 
 
 North Country Anglers, illustrations, some on india 
 paper, half bound, t. e.g. ib. 1864 
 
 333 Crawhall (J.) The Compleatest Angling Booke that ever 
 
 was writ, second edition, with numerous coloured and 
 other illustrations, calf antique, t. e. g. one of 100 copies 
 
 ib. 1881 
 
 334 Crawhall (J.) Angling Quips and Sporting Skits: an 
 
 unique Collection of Water Colour Drawings of Humor- 
 ous Subjects, illustrating North-Country Sporting Life, 
 tree-calf extra, g. e. ib. 1894
 
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 335 Crawhall (J.) Border Notes, &c. illustrations, half morocco, 
 
 t. e.g. 1880 Izaak Walton: his Wallet Book, LARGE 
 PAPER, one of 100 copies, coloured illustrations, uncut, 
 1885 The Complete Angler, facsimile reprint of the 
 first edition, LARGE PAPER, 1876 (3) 
 
 336 Daniel (W. B.) Rural Sports, the Supplement only, por- 
 
 trait and plates, original boards, uncut 1813 
 
 337 Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, edited by Joseph Hasle- 
 
 wood, with all the curious woodcuts, copied from the Latin / 
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 2 copies, orange morocco extra, broad dentelle borders, g. e. 
 by Hayday, J. W. K. Eyton's copy, with his bookplate 
 
 1816 
 
 338 Du Bartas. His Deuine Weekes and Workes, translated 
 
 by Josuah Sylvester, engraved title and portrait, calf (*f f~ 
 
 (1611) colophon dated 1608 
 
 339 Encyclopaedia of Sport, parts I to XX, numerous illustra- 
 
 tions (imp. Svo), 1897-8 The Scots Angler, July-Dec. 
 
 1896, and Jan.-June, 1897 History of the Schuylkill 
 
 Fishing Company [1732-1888], portraits (imperial 8vo), 2* * (~- 
 
 1889" Choice, Chance, and Change," edited by A. B. 
 
 Grosart, one of 62 copies, 1881 Parliamentary Papers 
 
 on the Salmon Fisheries ; &c. a parcel 
 
 340 Faber (G. L.) The Fisheries of the Adriatic, illustrations, / , 
 
 1883 Goode (G. B.) American Fishes, with numerous 
 illustrations, 1888; and others (5) 
 
 341 Fisher (P. i.e. W. A. Chatto) The Angler's Souvenir, 
 
 edited by G. C. Davies, with illustrations on India paper, 
 and woodcut borders, by Beckwith and Topham, parch- 
 ment, uncut 1886 
 
 342 Fishmongers' Hall. Names and Description of the Fish 
 
 portrayed in Fishmongers' Hall, with MS. additions, 
 two plates and a long autograph letter from W. K. Hesel- 
 tine to Mr. Westwood, inserted, bookplates of W. K. 
 Heseltine and Thos. Westwood, presentation copy 1812 
 
 343 Fishmongers' Company. The Last Incorporation of the 
 
 Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, of London, 1790 
 Reprint of the same, 1862 (two copies) Oppian, 
 Halieuticks, half bound, uncut, 1722 ; and others (6) 
 
 344 [Fletcher (Phineas)] Sicelides, a Piscatory : as it hath 
 
 beene Acted in Kings Colledge, in Cambridge, FIRST 
 EDITION, a few side-notes and headlines slightly cut into, 
 limp morocco gilt 1631 
 
 345 Fletcher (P.) Piscatorie Eclogs, and other Poeticall Mis- 
 
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 346 FLETCHER (PHINEAS) The Purple Island : or the Isle of 
 
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 Miscellanies, FIRST EDITION, calf, m. e. fine copy, from 
 the libraries of W. C. Cotton and T. Westivood (this 
 copy has the leaf at end " To my dear friend, the Spenser 
 of this age," which is often wanting) 1633 
 
 347 Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c. 
 
 with a Supplement of New South Wales, 110 beautifully 
 
 .X ,^ - < coloured plates from drawings by Hoivitt, Atkinson, 
 
 ** ' Clark, fyc. fine copy, in the original morocco, g. e. 1819 
 
 348 Gay (John) Poems on several Occasions, 2 vol. FIRST EDI- 
 
 TION, frontispiece, original calf, 1720 Thomson (Jas.) 
 The Seasons, portrait and plates, calf, by Kalthoeber, 
 Perth, 1793 (3) 
 
 349 Grimble (A.) Shooting and Salmon Fishing : Hints and 
 , Recollections, with numerous beautiful illustrations, half 
 
 -* f ' parchment, uncut 1892 
 
 350 Grimble (A.) Highland Sport, with beautiful illustratious 
 ' /*" by Archibald Thorburn, half parchment, uncut 1894 
 
 351 Halford (F. M.) Dry-Fly Entomology with the 100 
 
 best patterns of Floating Flies, and the various methods 
 
 /of dressing them, 2 vol. EDITION DE LUXE, one of 100 
 I , f(7, O numbered and signed copies, morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g. 
 
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 352 Halford (F. M.) Dry-Fly Fishing : its Theory and Prac- 
 
 tice, EDITION DE LUXE, one of 100 numbered and signed 
 copies, with mounted plates and text illustrations on india 
 paper, dark green morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g. 
 
 super imp. 8vo. 1889 
 
 353 Halford (F. M.) Making a Fishery, EDITION DE LUXE, 
 
 portrait and plates, one of 100 numbered and signed 
 
 f . ,-j copies, stained pigskin, uncut, t. e. g. 1895 
 
 I? f ft 354 Hartlib (Samuel) his Legacie : or an Enlargement of the 
 
 Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and Flaunders, 
 lower margins of a few leaves slightly shaved, half calf '1651 
 
 355 Henshall (J. A.) Book of the Black Bass, portrait and 
 
 illustrations, 1889 Supplement to the same, illustrated, 
 1889 Day (F.) British and Irish Salmonidje, coloured 
 plates, 1887 (3) 
 
 356 Heresbachius (C.) Foure Bookes of Husbandry .... newely 
 
 Englished and increased by Barnabe Googe, black letter, 
 last few leaves imperfect, 1577 The London Fishery 
 laid open, 1759 Letter concerning the present state of 
 the Fishing-Copartnery in North- Britain, 1723 Dis- 
 course concerning the Fishery within the British Seas, 
 1695 Advertisements relating to the Royal Fishery 
 within the British Seas, 1695 Narrative of the Royal 
 Fishings, 1661 ; and others relating to the Fisheries (12) 
 
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 357 Hofland. Proofs before letters, on india paper, of the XI 
 
 Steel Plates to Borland's British Angler's Manual 
 (spotted) Proofs of the Wood Engravings to the same 
 (39), some spotted in two portfolios 
 
 358 [Holland (Philemon]) Regimen Sanitatis Salerni : or the 
 
 Schoole of Salernes Regiment of Health, black letter, 
 1649 Muff ett (T.) Health's Improvement, enlarged by 
 C. Bennet, 1655, original calf (2) 
 
 359 Howitt (Samuel) The British Sportsman, with the 70 plates - 
 
 beautifully coloured, half morocco gilt, very scarce 1812 fa c^, ^ 
 
 360 Howson (Dean) The River Dee, illustrations by A. Bimmer, 
 
 n. d. Keller (F.) The Amazon and Madeira Rivers, 
 numerous engravings, 1875 Emerson (P. H.) On n * 
 
 English Lagoons, numerous beautiful engravings, half / 
 
 bound, 1893 ; and others (6) 
 
 361 Irving (Washington) Sketch Book, EDITION DE LUXE, , ^ 
 
 with, the numerous beautiful illustrations on india paper, I ** 
 
 uncut, limited issue 1882 
 
 362 Kelson (G. M.) The Salmon Fly, how to dress it, &c. 
 
 coloured plates and woodcuts, 1895 Tips, by the same 
 author, illustrated, 1901 Samuels (E. A.) With Fly- 
 Rod and Camera, 150 plates, 1890 Gedney (C. W.) 
 Angling Holidays, plates, 1896 (4) 
 
 363 King (Major W. R.) The Sportsman and Naturalist in 
 
 Canada, with coloured plates and woodcuts, 1866 
 Pritchett (R. T.) Rambles and Scrambles in Norway, 
 illustrations, 1879 (2) 
 
 364 Lang (Andrew) The Tercentenary of Izaak Walton, por- 
 
 trait and illustrations, one of a few copies for private 
 circulation only, parchment, 1893 Another copy, in /'" 
 
 sheets, 1893 Seven india proof illustrations to Walton's 
 Compleat Angler (three copies), 1886 (5) 
 
 365 Lang (Andrew) Lost Leaders, FIRST EDITION, LARGE 
 
 PAPER, one o/lOO numbered copies, half morocco, uncut, f _ 
 
 t.e.g. 1889 
 
 366 Lathy (T. P.) The Angler, a Poem, with Proper Instruc- 
 
 tions in the Art .... by Piscator, LARGE PAPER, proof 
 portraits and woodcuts, uncut 1819 / 
 
 367 Leslie (G. D.) Our River, illustrations by the author, 1881 (-? . 
 
 Law (D.) The Thames: Oxford to London, 20 etched * /- 
 
 plates, 1882 ; and others (4) 
 
 368 Manuscript. Bibliotheca Piscatoria, an Analytical Cata- 
 
 logue of Books connected with Angling, 900 pages, neatly / 
 written, with pictorial title, the author's own copy, with A~ ( I 
 his book-plate, stamped calf, uncut, t. e. g. n. d.
 
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 369 Manuscript. Snart's River Trent, prepared for a Second 
 
 Edition, which never appeared, with a Poem, the 
 Angler's Day, 781 lines, neatly written at end of the 
 vol. Manuscript and printed matter, chiefly relating to 
 Izaak Walton De Arte Piscatoria (circa 1816) 
 Pickering's Bibliotheca Piscatoria ; and other MS. 
 treatises (7) 
 
 370 Markham ( Gervase) The Whole Art of Husbandry, con- 
 
 tained in Foure Bookes, bladt letter, sound copy in the 
 original rough calf 1631 
 
 371 Markham (G.) The Pleasures of Princes .... containing 
 
 a Discourse of the generall Art of Fishing, FIRST 
 EDITION, fclacfe letter, text cut into and last leaf in fac- 
 simile, 1614 Peacham (H. ) The Compleat Gentleman, 
 frontispiece and woodcuts of arms, defective and wormed, 
 1627 ; old calf, the lot sold not subject to return (2) 
 
 372 Markham (G.) and W. Lawson. A way to get Wealth : 
 
 containing the sixe principall Vocations or Callings, in 
 which everie good Husband or House-wife may lawfully 
 imploy themselves .... the first five Bookes gathered by 
 G. M. the last by W. L. woodcuts, the general title 
 slightly cut into, else a fine copy, in the original calf 1631 
 
 373 Marston (R. B.) Walton, and some earlier Writers on Fish 
 
 and Fishing, LARGE PAPER, half bound, uncut, t. e. g. 
 
 - , / 1894 Satchell (T.) Bibliography of Walton's Compleat 
 
 / " Angler, 1882 Taunt's Map and Guide to the Thames ; 
 
 Angler's Map of the Thames ; and others (H) 
 
 374 Mascall (Leonard) A Booke of fishing with Hooke and 
 
 Line, and all other instruments thereunto belonging, 
 part I [containing the Treatise of Fishing, taken from 
 Juliana Barnes], fjlarfc letter, woodcuts J. Wolfe, 1590 
 
 375 Mayer (A. M.) Sport with Gun and Rod in American 
 
 Woods and Waters, 2 vol. numerous beautiful illustra- 
 tions, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g. Edinb. 1884 
 
 376 McDermott (E.) The Merrie Days of England, illustrated, 
 . 1859 Francis and Cooper. Sporting Sketches with 
 
 o ' ' Pen and Pencil, with illustrations, 1878; and others (7) 
 
 377 Miles (H. D.) British Field Sports, with numerous co- 
 C~/ loured and other illustrations, n. d. -English Country 
 
 Life, n. d. ; half calf gilt, m. e. (2) 
 
 378 Peacham (Henry) The Compleat Gentleman, the second 
 
 impression, much enlarged, frontispiece by Delaram, and 
 woodcuts of arms, russia gilt, g. e.fine copy 1634 
 
 379 Peacham (H.) The Compleat Gentleman .... to which 
 
 is added the Gentleman's Exercise, the third impression, 
 frontispiece by Delaram, and woodcuts of arms, original 
 calf 1661 
 
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 380 Platte (Hugh) The Jewell House of Art and Nature, 
 woodcuts, title and last leaf imperfect, half bound, 1594 
 Agrippa (H. C.) The Vanitie and Uncertaintie of / 
 
 Artes and Sciences, Englished by James Sanford, black 
 Utttt, 1569; the lot sold not subject to return (2) 
 
 ' 381 Pritt (T. E.) The Book of the Grayling, with 3 chromo 
 
 plates, 1888 Beresford Hall : a series of views intended 2. <S / - 
 to illustrate Charles Cotton's Work, n. d. ; and others (5) 
 
 382 Raimondi (E.) Delle Caccie, engraved title and numerous 
 
 plates of field sports, limp vellum, 1626 Estienne et 
 
 Liebault. L' Agriculture et Maison Rustique, woodcuts, f^rf** 
 
 old calf, 1578 Jovius (P.) De Piscibus Marinis, calf, 
 
 1527 Cirino (Andr.) de Venatione, curious woodcuts, 
 
 vellum, 1653 ; and others (7) 
 
 383 Rivers (The) of Great Britain : Rivers of the East Coast, > 
 
 with numerous beautiful illustrations 1889 / ~ 
 
 384 Robertson (H. R.) Life on the Upper Thames, with nu- 
 
 merous beautiful illustrations, crimson morocco, g. e. 1875 
 
 385 Rolfe (H. L.) Portfolio of Ten Fish Pictures, from 
 
 paintings, n. d. Twelve mounted photographs of Rolfe's 
 Fish Pictures Fish Portraits, 59 plates, in a small 
 portfolio a parcel 
 
 386 Royal River (The) Thames from Source to Sea, with nu- 
 
 merous beautiful illustrations, 1885 Senior (Wm.) The 
 
 Thames from Oxford to the Tower, with 30 etchings by / / " 
 
 F. G. Walker, 1891 (2) 
 
 387 Sandeman (Fraser) Angling Travels in Norway, illustra- 
 
 tions and coloured plates of salmon flies by the author, fyc. J""X_ 
 
 half parchment, uncut 1895 
 
 388 Sandeman (Fraser) By Hook and by Crook, coloured plates 
 
 of flies, and other illustrations, one of 100 numbered and 
 signed copies, buckram, uncut, t. e. g. 1892 
 
 389 Sannazarius. The Osiers : a Pastoral, translated, pre- 
 
 sentation copy, a few only printed for the use of the /"<"/ 
 
 author's friends, half bound, 1724 Macquin (Abbe) 
 Tabella Cibaria, translated, half bound, 1820 The 
 Country Club; a Poem, 1679 ; and others (6) 
 
 390 Schwathka (F.) Nimrod in the North, numerous illustra- 
 
 tions, 1885 Eyre-Todd (G.) Sketch-Book of the North, 
 illustrated, 1896 Meredith (L. A.) Tasmanian Friends 
 and Foes, with coloured plates, fyc. 1881 ; and others (5) 
 
 391 Sidney (Sir Philip) Certain Sonnets from the Countess of 
 
 Pembroke's Arcadia, illustrated by G. W. Edwards, 
 1890 Pulman (G. P. R.) Rustic Sketches : Rhymes on 
 Angling, LARGE PAPER, one of 20 copies, 1853 
 Coridon's Song and other Verses, illustrations by Hugh 
 Thomson, LARGE PAPER, uncut, 1894 ; and another (4)
 
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 392 Smith (John) England's Improvement Reviv'd : a Treatise 
 f of Husbandry and Trade by Land and Sea, original calf, 
 
 / " 1673 ; and another (imperfect) (2) 
 
 393 Somervile (W.) Hobbinol, Field Sports and the Bowling 
 , Green, woodcuts, several of which are on india paper, 
 
 "o /O- uncut, 1813 Newtown (G. W.) Rural Sports, and how 
 
 to enjoy Them, plates, half bound, 1867 (2) 
 
 394 Stevens (C.) and J. Liebault. Maison Rustique, or the 
 
 Countrie Farme, translated into English by Richard 
 Surflet, woodcuts, last leaf slightly defective, original calf 
 
 1600 
 
 395 Strutt (J.) Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 
 
 edited by Wm. Hone, LARGE PAPER, ivith the engravings 
 /_ coloured, half morocco gilt, uncut imp. Svo. 1831 
 
 396 Swan (John) Speculum Mundi : a Glasse representing the 
 /_ Face of the World, calf antique, r. e. 1643 
 
 397 Thornton (Col.) A Sporting Tour through various parts of 
 
 France in 1802, 2 vol. numerous beautiful aquatinta 
 plates and vignettes, half russia, m. e. 1806 
 
 398 Tempesta (Ant.) Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, 
 
 Pugnas Bestiariorum, et mutuae Bestiarum delineate, en- 
 graved title and 67 beautifully executed engravings, an 
 etched portrait of Tempesta inserted, calf, g. e. 
 
 oblong, Romo3, 1605 
 
 399 Treatise of Fishing with an Angle, blacfe Utter, reprint of 
 
 the rare original, extracts from the Introduction to the 
 modern edition of the Book of St. Albans, an Account of 
 draught fishing, from the " Jewell for Gentry," 1614, 
 &c. ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 8 scarce engravings, 
 Mr. Haslewood's copy, with MS. memoranda by him, and 
 his bookplate, calf in 1 vol. 
 
 400 Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, an older form, 
 
 printed from a MS. 1883 The Secrets of Angling, by 
 John Dennys, 1613, reprint, edited by T. Westwood, 
 1883 Chronicle of the " Compleat Angler," edited by 
 Westwood and Satchell, 1883 ; limited issue, half bound, 
 t. e. g. uniform (3) 
 
 401 Vanieron Fishing, translated by J. Duncombe, uncut, 1809 
 
 Smith (Capt. John) England's Improvement Reviv'd, 
 half calf gilt, 1670; and another (3) 
 
 402 Walton (Izaak) Lives of Dr. J. Donne, Sir H. Wotton, 
 
 R. Hooker, G. Herbert and Dr. Sanderson, with Notes, 
 &c. by T. Zouch, fine portraits, original boards, uncut 
 
 York, 1796 
 
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 403 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Lives of the 
 
 Authors and Notes, by Sir John Hawkins (seventh 
 edition), LARGEST PAPER, fine impressions of the por- 
 traits, plates and vignettes by Wale, Audinet, Sfc. inter- 
 leaved and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 97 
 portraits, views, sporting prints, engravings of fish, &c. 
 half bound Bagster, 1808 
 
 404 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, edited, with 
 
 Lives of the Authors and Notes, by Sir John Hawkins //'/ 
 
 (seventh edition), LARGEST PAPER, fine impressions of 
 the portraits, plates and vignettes by Wale, Audinet, fyc. 
 uncut ib. 1808 
 
 405 Walton. Life of Isaac Walton, including Notices of his 
 
 Contemporaries, by Thos. Zouch, LARGE PAPER, one of 
 8 copies only, proof portraits and plates, on india paper, 
 uncut S. Prowett, 1824 
 
 406 Walton. The Life of Izaak Walton, LARGE PAPER, 
 
 printed for private circulation, half calf, symbolically / *" 
 
 tooled back, m. e. 1830 
 
 407 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Original 
 
 Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, complete in v' 
 
 the original XII parts, with proofs of the plates by Thos. 4" . /V. 
 
 Stothard and Jas. Inskipp, on india paper, wrappers, 
 
 uncut imp. Svo. Pickering, 1836 
 
 408 Walton and Cotton. Memoirs, edited, with Notes, by Sir 
 
 Harris Nicolas, portrait, ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of , 
 
 nearly 100 scarce portraits, views, antiquities, engravings 
 of fiies and fish, proof illustrations, vignettes and other 
 engravings, morocco gilt, g. e. ib. 1836 
 
 409 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, in 2 parts 
 
 (edited by Geo. W. Bethune), portraits, plates and 
 
 ivoodcuts (the latter in 2 states), half russia, t. e.g. an ^f-^f f - 
 
 autograph letter (4fo) of John Major, referring to this 
 
 edition, is inserted super imp. Svo. New York, 1847 
 
 410 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Original 
 
 Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, second 
 edition, 2 vol. portraits and numerous beautiful illustra- 
 tions on india paper, original cloth, uncut 1860 
 
 411 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler .... with co- 
 
 pious Notes, a Preface, and a Notice of Cotton and his / 
 
 Writings, by the editor, Geo. W. Bethune, 2 vol. in 1, 
 one o/lOO copies, illustrations, in sheets .(folded), inserted 
 in a half parchment cover imp. Svo. New York, 1880 
 
 412 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited by John 
 
 Major, with 50 steel engravings, 74 woodcuts, 6 original 
 etchings and 2 portraits, one of 120 numbered copies, in 
 sheets (folded) imp. Svo. 1885
 
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 413 Walton and Cotton. The Compleat Angler, " Lea and 
 
 Dove Edition," edited and arranged by R. B. Marston, 
 2 vol. with 54 photogravures and about 100 woodcuts, all 
 on india paper, and containing a reprint of the Chronicle 
 of the Compleat Angler, one of 250 numbered and signed 
 copies, morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g. 1888 
 
 414 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, edited, with 
 
 Notes, by J. E. Harting, 2 vol. portraits, etchings and 
 
 2,{ (*~ other illustrations, " Tercentenary Edition," half parch- 
 
 ment, uncut, t.e.g. one of '350 numbered copies Bagster, 1893 
 
 415 Walton. Rules and Regulations of the Walton and Cotton 
 
 Club, instituted 19th March, 1817, frontispiece, half 
 bound, g. e. privately printed, 1821 Rules and Regula- 
 tions of the Edinburgh Angling Club, Edinb. 1856 (2) 
 
 416 Walton. Index to the original and inserted illustrations 
 
 (1,026) contained in "The Complete Angler," " Pick- 
 / > r / ering, Publisher," 5 vol. New York, privately printed, 
 
 (- /"" 1866 Bewick Memento, illustrated, 1884 Catalogue of 
 
 Books on Angling, Cambridge, 1882 ; and another (4) 
 
 417 WESTWOOD (THOMAS) Chronicle of the "Compleat Angler" 
 
 of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, a Bibliographical 
 
 / ^ Record of its various phases and mutations, ILLUS- 
 
 (T * ^" TRATED by the insertion of several fine india proof por- 
 
 traits, views, engravings of fish, fyc. a drawing and other 
 illustrations, several of which are scarce, with a MS. 
 index at end, crimson morocco super extra, watered silk 
 linings, joints, g. e. the author's copy, with his bookplate 
 
 1864 
 
 418 Westwood (T.) The Chronicle of the " Compleat Angler " 
 
 of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, LARGE PAPER, 
 one of 25 copies, half bound, 1864 The Sword of 
 **$ I Kingship, privately printed, 1866 Gathered in the 
 
 Gloaming, privately printed, presentation copy, 1881 ; 
 and others by Westwood (5) 
 
 419 Westwood and Satchell. Bibliotheca Piscatoria : a Cata- 
 
 logue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish Cul- 
 ture, &c. LARGE PAPER, autograph letter of Mr. West- 
 wood inserted, half bound, t. e. g. 1883 
 
 420 Whitehead (C. E.) The Camp-Fires of the Everglades : 
 
 or Wild Sports in the South, numerous illustrations, 
 original cloth, uncut, t. e. g. Edinb. 1891 
 
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 421 Absolon's Illustrations to Walton and Cotton, india proofs 
 
 before the letters (mounted) 
 
 422 Absolon. Illustrations, another set of 9 plates, india proofs 
 
 before the letters
 
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 423 Angling Illustrations (various) Views of Dovedale, ten 
 
 Illustrations of Young Anglers, Coloured Plates of Fish, 
 Wood's Illustrations of British Fresh-Water Fishes, 
 Set of Cards by Ernest Griset (Angling), Humorous 
 Illustrations, Eight Large Coloured Angling Sketches, 
 and numerous other items a parcel 
 
 424 Bentley (H. C.) The Legend of the Black Loch, illustrated 
 
 by W. Taylor, original boards, Fores, n. d. Salmon 
 Fishing, drawn and lithographed by R. O. C. original 
 wrapper, Ackermann, n. d. Yarrell ( W.) Growth of the 
 Salmon in Fresh Water, with 6 coloured illustrations, 
 1839 Gay's Rural Sports, soiled, 1713 ; &c. (6) 
 
 425 Berners (Juliana) Book containing the Treatises of Hawk- 
 
 ing, Hunting, Coat-Armour, Fishing, and Biasing of / * 3 
 Arms, as printed at Westminster, by Wynkyn de Worde, ^ 
 1496, edited by J. Haslewood, who has prefixed an 
 interesting Introduction, one, of 150 copies, morocco gilt, 
 g. e. sm. folio. 1810 
 
 426 Berners (Juliana) Book containing the Treatises of Hawk- 
 
 ing, &c. another copy: Mr. Brockett's, with decorated fy f / 
 
 title-page, and coloured initial letters by Harding, dark / 
 
 brown morocco super extra, broad inside borders, joints, 
 g. e. the sides symbolically tooled, by Zaehnsdorf 
 
 sm. folio. 1810 
 
 427 Berners (Juliana) Bibliographical Introduction to the Book 
 
 of Hawking, &c. entitled : " Literary Researches into 
 the History of the Book of St. Albans, by J. Haslewood," 
 only a few copies published separately, half russia, m. e. 
 
 sm. folio. 1810 
 
 428 Berners (Juliana) Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, 
 
 a facsimile reproduction of the edition printed by Wynkyn 
 de Worde, in 1496, with an Introduction by M. G. Wat- 
 kins, stamped parchment, uncut 1880 
 
 429 Bewick. Eight India Proof and other Portraits of Thos. 
 
 Bewick, two of which are printed upon vellum (tvith 
 vignettes), the Elephant, Lion and Zebra, printed upon 
 vellum, Facsimile Letter of Thos. Bewick, printed upon 
 satin, and the same on paper (13) 
 
 430 BLOME (RICHARD) The Gentleman's Recreations, the 
 
 second edition, in three parts [Horsemanship, Hawking, 
 Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, Agriculture, &c. j, numerous 
 beautiful plates, including several coats-of-arms (two cut 
 round and mounted) and woodcuts, fine copy in the original 
 calf 1710 
 
 431 By the Loch and River Side, 39 humorous illustrations, 
 
 half bound, oblong, Edinb. 1866 Kennard (E.) Norwe- 
 gian Sketches : Fishing in Strange Waters, 29 plates, 
 oblong, 1888 Rau (C.) Prehistoric Fishing in Europe 
 and North America, numerous illustrations, 1884 (3)
 
 
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 432 Catalogue of a Collection of Angling Books, consisting of 
 
 788 vols. on the Sport, manuscript in the autograph of 
 Thos. Westwood, the Angler Poet, half morocco 
 
 Brussels, 1869 
 
 %* From the library of the late Mr. F. Francis, with auto- 
 graph letters from the compiler. The catalogue includes 
 a Waltonian library, a set of the Works of Charles 
 Cotton, and an Ichthyological library, forming the most 
 exhaustive list ever compiled. 
 
 433 CHINESE FISHES. A series of 246 highly finished water- 
 
 colour Drawings, many of which are heightened with 
 silver, the whole accurately delineated from Nature, half 
 russia gilt in 2 vol. 
 A quarto autograph letter of S. Wells Williams (author 
 of the Chinese Vocabulary, <fec. ) states: "There are 
 about 250 sheets of the fishes, a few being shown in two 
 positions. The painter has copied them very accurately, 
 from the paintings of Mr. Beale, and I have had oppor- 
 tunity to verify several by actual inspection (Extract 
 
 from the letter inserted in vol. I.) 
 
 434 Church (A. J. ) Isis and Thamesis, Hours on the River, 
 
 LARGE PAPER, one of 100 copies, with proofs of the plates, 
 half bound, 1886 Rashleigh (J. K.) Wild Sport in the 
 near West, illustrations, oblong, n. d. ; and others (5) 
 
 435 Collaert (Adr. ) Piscium Viva? Icones, 27 beautifully exe- 
 
 cuted and curious engravings, neatly mounted, half bound, 
 n. d, Androvandus de Piscibus, lib. V et de Cetis, 
 lib. I, numerous woodcuts, vellum, 1613 (2) 
 
 436 Crealock (Col. H. H.) The Happy Hunting Grounds of 
 
 Loch Luichart, 17 large plates, mounted in portfolio 
 
 437 Cuttings (Interesting), Extracts, and numerous coloured 
 
 and other Prints, including : Angling in Yorkshire 
 (a series of Papers), Angling Notes, Humorous Sketches, 
 Coloured Plates of Fish, various kinds of Tackle, the 
 Trent Fishery, the Thames and Lea, Papers on Trout 
 and Salmon Fishing, Numerous Cuttings from "Outing," 
 Circulars from Fish Hatcheries, &c. neatly mounted and 
 loose, in scrap-books a parcel 
 
 438 Engravings. A Collection of upwards of 1100 Engravings, 
 
 consisting of Views, Angling Sketches, Cuttings and 
 Extracts, Illustrations of various kinds of Fish (many 
 y coloured), &c. some scarce, a few india proofs, the whole 
 
 suitable for extra illustration or angler's scrap-book 
 
 a parcel 
 
 439 Gosden's Illustrations to Walton's Angler, two portraits, 
 
 facsimile autographs of Walton and Cotton, and 18 
 plates, first impressions on india paper
 
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 440 Fishmongers' (The) Pageant on Lord Mayors Day, 1616; 
 
 Chrysanaleia, the Golden Fishing, devised by A. Munday, 
 represented in 12 plates, in gold and colours, by Henry 
 Shaw, edited by J. G. Nichols, 1844 Returns of the 
 Fishmongers' Company to the Royal Commissioners, 
 half morocco, 1881 (2) 
 
 441 Heath (H.) Old Ways and New Ways, 6 plates (un- 
 
 coloured] containing numerous etchings, original ivrapper, 
 n.d. Etchings by W. Collins, part I, 6 plates, 1843 
 Leech (John) Mr. Briggs and his Doings : Fishing, 12 
 coloured plates, n. d. ; and another (4) 
 
 442 Houghton (W.) British Fresh- Water Fishes, in 20 parts, 
 
 beautifully coloured plates and numerous engravings, n. d. 
 The same, parts I to XVI (36) 
 
 443 Illustrations to Pickering's Edition of Walton and Cotton, Y? ^ ~ 
 
 56 beautiful plates, proofs on india paper (mounted) 1832 
 
 444 JARDINE (SiR WM.) BRITISH SALMONID^:, 12 large and 
 
 beautifully coloured plates of the salmon species, ivith ^ */" 
 
 letterpress descriptions and vignettes, in a portfolio 
 
 1839-41 
 
 %* This magnificent series was privately printed at the 
 expense of Sir William Jardine. 
 
 445 Kilbourne (S. A.) Game Fishes of the United States, 20 /^- / 
 
 large and beautifully coloured plates, with Descriptive / 
 
 Text by G. B. Goode, in 10 parts, original wrappers 
 
 New York, 1879 
 
 446 Lewis (F. C.) Scenery of the River, a series of beautifully 
 
 executed aquatinta views, facsimiles of the original 
 drawings, half morocco, t. e. g. 1821 
 
 447 North (Roger) Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds, illus- 
 
 trated with 18 beautifully coloured specimens by E. Albin, 
 
 original half binding ( 1820) History of Esculent Fish, ''. 
 
 an Essay on the Breeding of Fish, &c. by R. North, 
 
 plates by E. Albin, half bound, uncut (4to), 1794 (2) 
 
 448 Olsen (O. T.) The Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, 
 
 English and St. George's Channels, scarce 
 
 Grimsby, 1883 
 
 449 Porta (J. B.) Natural Magick, in XX Bookes, engraved 
 
 title and woodcuts, old calf, 1658 Wecker (Dr. John) -^ / 
 
 Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art and Nature, 
 augmented by Dr. Read, frontispiece, containing portraits, 
 and woodcuts, some margins mended, half calf , 1660; 
 the lot sold not subject to return (2) 
 
 450 Racing and Chasing : The Road, the River, and the Hunt, 
 
 50 engravings by H. K. Browne, original illustrated / 
 boards, oblong, n. d. Mclan (R. R.) Highlanders at / J 
 Home, plates in silver, n. d. Sketches of the Seaside 
 and Country, by Phiz, original boards, oblong, n. d. (3)
 
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 451 Pant Fishing, a pen and ink sketch, signed by Thos. 
 
 Hood ; T Boosey, Piscatorial Reminiscences, original 
 sepia drawing for the frontispiece, and india proof 
 etching of the same ; two of Seymour's sketches, Cats 
 Fishing, three scarce aquatinta plates ; (Fishing) Water- 
 Colour Drawing, a Eiver Scene, coloured plates (Angling), 
 
 3 mounted, &c. a parcel 
 
 452 Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes 
 
 illustrative of British Field Sports, from pictures painted 
 ky Gainsborough, Landseer, Cooper, Lewis, &c. edited 
 by Nimrod [C. J. Apperley], fine impressions of the 
 plates, on india paper, original cloth, g. e. 1838 
 
 453 Stradanus (J.) Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, 
 
 Puguse Bestiarum, et mutuse Bestiarum depicta?, frontis- 
 piece and 104 finely engraved plates, neatly mounted, 
 morocco oblong. (Ant. circa 1580) 
 
 454 Walton and Cotton. Ten Plates on india paper (Major's 
 
 edition, 1824) Howitt's Float and Fly-Fishing, &c. 
 
 4 plates on india paper Seven Proof Plates on india 
 / -^ paper, three of Dovedale, and one of Howitt's, illustrat- 
 
 ing Walton and Cotton Gosden's Illustrations to Wal- 
 ton and Cotton (wanting the portrait of Cotton), india 
 proofs a parcel 
 
 455 Walton and Cotton. A Collection of about 490 Portraits, 
 
 Views, Birds, Fish, and miscellaneous Engravings, &c. 
 f ^ some proofs on india paper, coloured lithograph of Izaak 
 
 Walton by the river side, fyc. a parcel 
 
 456 Walton and Cotton. Reprints of fifty Plates, on india 
 
 paper (Pickering's edition) Etched Portraits of Walton 
 and Cotton, Views, and other Illustrations to Walton 
 and Cotton a parcel 
 
 457 Walton and Cotton. A Collection of about 540 Por- 
 
 traits and Illustrations, alphabetically arranged, suitable 
 for extra illustration a parcel 
 
 I 458 Walton and Cotton. A Collection of 41 fine india proof 
 
 / ' and other Portraits, suitable for extra illustration 
 
 459 Worlidge (J.) Systema Agriculture : the Mystery of Hus- 
 bandry discovered, frontispiece and woodcuts, 1681 
 Hale (T.) Compleat Body of Husbandry, plates, 1756 
 Chomel and Bradley, Dictionnaire Oeconomique, 2 vol. 
 woodcuts, 1725 ; original calf (4) 
 
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