The True Art Of Angling: BEing A Clear and Speedy Way of Taking all Sorts of Fresh Water Fish, With The Worm, Fly, Paste and other Baits, in Their Proper Seasons. How to Know the Haunts Of Fish and Angle for Them In All Waters and Weathers at the Top, Middle or Bottom, Baits Natural and Artificial, The Several Ways of Angling. To Which is added An Account of the Season and Spawning Time of each Fish, and an Account of the Principle Rivers, the Fish they Produce and the Proper Places to Angle for Them In Each River
Author:
JS (John Smith)
Year:
1770
Edition:
12th Edn,
Publisher:
Onesimus Ustonson No 48 Bell Yard
Summary:
(4) - 111 - (1), pages, 12mo., woodcuts of a crown and fish at head of first & list pages advert for Onesimus Ustonson. Bookplate of a fishing lodge in red to the front paste down, it appears to be the Fishing House erected by Charles Cotton on the banks of the Dove, for a similar engraving which appears in the 1st Major edition of 1823 of Waltons Complete Angler as a tail piece in part 2, armorial bookplate of James Walsh to the fly leaf. Recased in the restored calf binding by Gosden with a blind stamped Walton cartouche to the front and rear covers with blind stamped corner pieces, within a single gilt ruled frame The spine relayed showing some old loss, in 5 compartments with gilt fishing baskets within gilt decorative borders to 4 of the 5 compartments 1st published 1696, this is the 12th edn of this treatise, the first lleaf with woodcuts of a crown and fish at head followed by an advertisement beneath for Onesimus Ustonson maker of all sorts of fishing tackle et to verso copy of the 1765 act for taking fish. The advert is thought to be the first mention of a multiplier reel "the best sort of multiplier Multiplying Brass Winches, both stop and plain". The last page repeats the woodcuts with and advert beneath, noting Charles Kirby, make of fish hooks, has given Ustonson the right to make and sell his hooks. WS 184
Ref:
24343
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