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1781236777Oxford: D. Prince et J. Cooke 1781. 529 28 pp. 2 pp. ads. 8vo. Contemporary full vellum in neo-classical style; spine with eight bands of gilt rolls and floral pattern Grecian urn and laurel tool in five compartments and title and tail compartments stained blue; covers with wide double-ruled frame in gold and blue; decorated with blue inked designs of two figures in a country setting on front and urn on rear cover a.e.g. marbled endpapers; FORE-EDGE PAINTING possibly modern under gilt of two anglers beside a river one with rod in hand with a bridge and ruin visible in the background; near fine. 529 28 pp. 2 pp. ads. 8vo. Fine neo-classical binding in the style and contemporary with the Edwards of Halifax with a charming fore-edge fishing scene. ESTC 138706 D. Prince et J. Cooke unknown books
1787239927London: Printed for C. Stalker . H. Turpin 1787. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece by Wooding. xii 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in later full polished tan calf. Fine. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece by Wooding. xii 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods lines hooks etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-room in the Tower of London" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 31 Printed for C. Stalker ... H. Turpin unknown books
1787220773London: Printed for C. Stalker 1787. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece. 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern half calf and marbled boards perforated stamp of Field Museum on title page by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Handsome copy. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece. 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods lines hooks etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-room in the Tower of London." Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 31 Printed for C. Stalker unknown books
177162370London: Printed for T. Davies.and T. Cadell 1771. First edition. Two frontispieces and 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. 4to. Original boards uncut with new spine. Large Copy. First edition. Two frontispieces and 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. 4to. This work by the "Gentleman of the Horse to His Majesty" is a compound of Xenophon's Treatise on Horsemanship and Bourgelats' Elements 1750-53; it contains a dissertation on the Ancient Chariot by T. Pownall; physically a very attractive book. Huth p. 45; Wells 749; Mellon 60 Printed for T. Davies...and T. Cadell unknown books
1781236893Sarum: Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers Blandford 1781. First edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana the plan and elevation of a kennel. 10 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 6 inches. Contemporary diced calf neatly rebacked front hinge starting. First edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana the plan and elevation of a kennel. 10 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 6 inches. First edition of a Classic Work. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford unknown books
1784221797Sarum Salisbury: Printed by E. Easton 1784. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards hinges started but tall uncut nice copy. Signed Lloyd Kenyon 1818 on flyleaf and J. Lloyd on half-title. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. UNCUT. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton unknown books
1770221660London: Printed for John Nourse et al. 1770. Seventh edition revised. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates in rear. xxviii 370 10 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary brown polished calf marbled endpapers gilt edges. Joints starting otherwise a very attractive copy. With bookplates of BENJAMIN and JOHN WHITE of Selborne and two other owners' signatures G. Gray; John Hopson 1857 on the first blank. Seventh edition revised. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates in rear. xxviii 370 10 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. From the Library of the Publisher of Natural History of Selborne. Written by a human surgeon and first published in 1753 this popular work was primarily a compilation of earlier writers. It went into many editions the first edition is extremely rare and the early editions are scarce<br/><br/>This copy has a remarkable provenance connecting it to the immediate family of GILBERT WHITE of Selborne. Benjamin White c.1725-1794 was the younger brother of Gilbert White 1720-1793 author of the celebrated Natural History of Selborne 1789 which Benjamin White in fact published. Benjamin White's shop at Fleet Street and the Strand Horace's Head "became a meeting place for naturalists and as was customary was used as a poste restante in 1775 by Gilbert White's correspondent Thomas Pennant whose books White published and by others. White's range of titles is indicated in his advertisement at the end of J. Ellis and D. C. Solander's Natural History of the Zoophytes 1786 which he published. They included Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina in two volumes which perhaps inspired Audubon" DNB.<br/><br/>White's engraved bookplate of South Lambeth is affixed to the front pastedown; along with that of his son JOHN WHITE who assisted Gilbert in the preparation his journals for publication and contributed a Memoir of his famous uncle for the 1802 edition. Smith II p. 69-77; this edition not in Dingley cf. 35-38; ESTCT88518 Printed for John Nourse et al. unknown books
1788231751Wrexham: Reprinted by R. Marsh 1788. Fourth edition. Frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later three-quarter green morocco. Spine browned boards detached but present else Fine. Morocco bookplate of Joseph Haslewood. Fourth edition. Frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Joseph Haslewood's Copy. "Not only is this the most renowned work on the subject of archery in English or for that matter in any language but its publication marked the beginning of the decline of the prejudice in favour of Latin as the literary language of Englishmen for original compositions the works of Tynedale and Sir Thomas More being the only illustrious predecessors easily recalled. For writing this book and presenting it to the king Ascham was granted a pension of £10." Pforzheimer Catalogue.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1545 the second edition was issued in 1571 and the third in 1589. Asham's love of sports is interesting. According to Camden Annales 1568 he lived and died a poor man owing to his addiction to dicing and cock-fighting. ESTC T139768 Reprinted by R. Marsh unknown books
1788239240Wrexham: Reprinted by R. Marsh 1788. The Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Nineteenth-century brown polished calf red leather spine label marbled endpapers edges stained red. Very pretty copy. The Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. "Not only is this the most renowned work on the subject of archery in English or for that matter in any language but its publication marked the beginning of the decline of the prejudice in favour of Latin as the literary language of Englishmen for original compositions the works of Tynedale and Sir Thomas More being the only illustrious predecessors easily recalled. For writing this book and presenting it to the king Ascham was granted a pension of £10." Pforzheimer Catalogue.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Originally published in 1545 the second edition was issued in 1571 and the third in 1589. Ascham's love of sports is interesting. According to Camden Annales 1568 he lived and died a poor man owing to his addiction to dicing and cock-fighting. ESTC T139768 Reprinted by R. Marsh unknown books
1792245243Grypeswaldiae: Ant. Ferdin. Roese 1792. Second edition first ed. 1738. iv 723 pp. 8vo. Quarter calf and boards spine laid down. Library bookplate with release. Second edition first ed. 1738. iv 723 pp. 8vo. Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius February 22 1705 - September 27 1735 was a Swedish naturalist and is known as the "father of Ichthyology."<br/><br/>Artedi was born in the province of Ã…ngermanland. Intending to become a clergyman he went in 1724 to study theology at Uppsala University but he turned his attention to medicine and natural history especially fishes. In 1728 his countryman Carolus Linnaeus arrived in Uppsala and a lasting friendship was formed between the two. In 1732 both left Uppsala Artedi for England and Linnaeus for Lappland; before parting they reciprocally bequeathed to each other their manuscripts and books in the event of death.<br/><br/>Artedi accidentally drowned at Amsterdam where he was engaged in cataloguing the collections of Albertus Seba a wealthy Dutchman who had formed what was perhaps the richest museum of his time. According to agreement his manuscripts came into the hands of Linnaeus and his Bibliotheca Ichthyologica and Philosophia Ichthyologica together with a life of the author were published at Leiden in 1738.<br/><br/>On his grave an epitaph by George Shaw is engraved:<br/><br/>Here lies poor Artedi in foreign land pyx'd<br/><br/>Not a man nor a fish but something betwixt<br/><br/>Not a man for his life among fishes he past<br/><br/>Not a fish for he perished by water at last. Ant. Ferdin. Roese unknown books
179157654London: Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand 1791. Second edition. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf. New spine red morocco spine label neat contemporary ownership signature of Thos. W. Edge on title. Half-title not present some edgewear. Very good clean copy. Second edition. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "The total want of a treatise in the English language such as the present . is the principal inducement the author has in offering to the public what he originally intended only for his own use and amusement." Preface In fact much of this book is a literal translation of de Marolles' La Chasse au Fusil Paris 1788. Maclay 1; Riling 311 noting only the Dublin edition of 1789 and the London edition of 1791; Schwerdt I p. 92 Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand unknown books
177324712Amsterdam: Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1773. Nouvelle edition. viii 384; 3-321 3 pp. LACKING pp. 1-2 of part 2 supplied in facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf worn some pages torn and loosening but without loss. Nouvelle edition. viii 384; 3-321 3 pp. LACKING pp. 1-2 of part 2 supplied in facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Chapters on Billiards Court Tennis Chess Backgammon. Aux Depens de la Compagnie unknown books
178634554London: for G. Kearsley 1786. Engraved frontispiece 122pp advertisement leaf bound in at end. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half-calf spine in compartments with repeating fish stamp in gilt fore and lower edges uncut. Preliminary and final leaves lightly browned some light spotting throughout later blanks and endpapers binding somewhat rubbed. Ownership inscription on recto of frontispiece "Wm. Jones 1791. Engraved frontispiece 122pp advertisement leaf bound in at end. 1 vols. 12mo. A good copy of this popular eighteenth-century fishing manual was first published in 1726and complete with its charming engraved frontispiece and the rare final leaf of ads. In fact according to Westwood & Satchell this edition of 1786 appeared as a "novel publication" and as such may be regarded as the first edition of an entirely new work. Westwood & Satchell. pp. 104-105 for G. Kearsley unknown books
1726267216London: A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-row 1726. First edition. xii 184 8 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Late eighteenth-century quarter calf and marbled boards. Half title present with two early owner signatures small loss at top corner margin; somewhat closely trimmed with occasional losses to headlines or page numbers. Spine lightly rubbed upper joint repaired. About very good. Custom speckled calf backed folding box. First edition. xii 184 8 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of this manual one of the earliest of its kind. It has been attributed to one George Smith and contains the first appearance of the charming "Angler's Song" cf. Gingrich Fishing in Print p. 97 as well as recipes strategies for each species fly-tying etc. It quickly became a standard handbook of the eighteenth century was reprinted with additions in 1736 through 1786 then again in several forms under various titles as late as 1828 in London under the title The Angler's Guide . By a lover of the art." Westwood & Satchell pp. 104-105 A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-row unknown books
1790240204London: Privately printed 1790. First edition. iv 5-3 23-35 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full contemporary tree calf with red morocco rectangular label on the upper cover hinges starting spine with wear. A handsome volume which appears to be an edition binding. Bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher and Henry Sherwin. First edition. iv 5-3 23-35 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. [Privately printed] unknown books
17147004London: Printed for E. Curll 1714. First Edition. Decorative headpieces tailpieces and initial letters. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf. Rebacked boards somewhat worn with some loss. Lacks frontispiece "very often wanting"--Westwood & Satchell; else internally fine. First Edition. Decorative headpieces tailpieces and initial letters. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Inscription on front flyleaf:"Presented to the Mass Fish & Game Protective Association by John P. Ordway. May 23d 1877." A penciled note on the same page identifies Ordway as the first President of the Massachusetts Fish & Game Protective Association. With the bookplate of the Association with this note: "Purchased from the Mass. F. & G. Assoc. Jan. 1929 by Dwight Blaney" and the piscatorial bookplate of Dwight Blaney and note $25.00 paid by D.B. valued by C.E.G. Westwood & Satchell p. 18 Printed for E. Curll unknown books
1714239932London: Edmund Curll 1714. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. vi 111 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later full red morocco a.e.g. by Bayntun Riviere. Title page with perforated library stamp and library stamps on front pastedown. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. vi 111 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the oft-lacking frontispiece in facsimile. Publisher's preface states: "This Treatise is a Collection of all that has been writ upon the subject of Fishing digested in a better Method than any before extant." Westwood & Satchell p. 18 Edmund Curll unknown books
