B27455
Shelfmark
Lnn.1.35
Author
lathy
Title
The angler :, a poem, in ten cantos: with proper instructions in the art, rules to choose fishing rods, lines, hooks, floats, baits, and to make artificial flies; receipts for pastes, &c. and in short, every article relating to the sport /, by Piscator.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Printed for W. Wright, 46, Fleet Street ; M. Iley, 1, Somerset Street, Portman Square,, 1819.
Physical description
xxii, 234 p. :, ill. (engravings) ;, 21 cm.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Sold from the W. Anford Proud collection (information from bookseller's description).
Provenance
Bookplate of Villiers Hatton obscures that of William Harrison (information from bookseller's description).
Provenance
Bookplate of T. Gosden.
Binding
Early 19th century green leather with blind and gilt borders, gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers, and edges gilt ; bound by T. Gosden (information from bookseller's description).
Copy-specific note
67 extra illustrations added to this copy by T. Gosden, including a frontispiece engraving of a portrait of himself and proofs of the engravings from the edition he published of "The compleat angler" by Walton and Cotton.
Copy-specific note
Ms. text corrections, plates signed, and note on front endpaper in pencil in T. Gosden's hand.
Copy-specific note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's description pasted onto front endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Ms. booksellers' notes, codes, and prices in pencil.
Subject
Fishing.
Added entry--name
gosden, former owner.
Added entry--name
Hatton, former owner.
Added entry--name
Wright, bookseller.
Added entry--name
Iley, bookseller.
Added entry--name
proud, former owner.
Added entry--name
Harrison, former owner.
Added entry--name
eton
Added entry--place
England, London.
B27455
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