The art of angling : by R. Brookes, M.D. In two parts; I. An Account of Fish and Ponds-The Method of Fly-Making-The Laws that concern Angling-The secret Manner of catching Fish by Ointments, Pastes and other Arts-Directions both how to procure Baits and for making Fishing-Tackle, with the surest way to find Sport. II. The various Modes of Rock and Sea Fishing, with an Account of the Cod and Whale Fisheries. - Likewise a Natural History of those extraordinary Productions of the Ocean: the Hermit, the Flying Fish, the Sea Devil, the Turtle, the Shark, the Whale, &c. &c. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty-five cuts the whole forming a sportsman's magazine Comprising all that in curious and valuable in the Art Of Angling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes.

Fishing--Early works to 1800.

Fishing.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,viii,268 pages, 10 unnumbered pages,plate : illustrations ; 12⁰

Edition:

A new edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Lowndes No. 76, Fleet Street ; and sold by G. Sael 192, Strand ; T. Hurst; and at the fishing tackle shops, 82, Pater-Noster Row, 1799.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a cancel titlepage and five final advertisement leaves.

Half-title: 'Brookes's art of angling'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N16237.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.