The anglers delight : containing the whole art of neat and clean angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of fish, from the pike to the minnow, together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. The like never before in print. By William Gilbert, gent.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, William, active 17th century.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1831:8.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishing--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Early works to 1800.

Fishing.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 45 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Method of fishing in Hackney-River

Place of Publication:

London : printed [by T.M.] for W. Birch at the Peacock at the lower end of Cheapside, 1676.

Notes:

"The method of fishing in Hackney-River" has a separate dated title page on p. [33], with imprint: ... printed by T.M. for W. Birch, ...".

Reproduction of the original at the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1988. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1831:08). s1988 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) G725A

OCLC:

55722433