2758 Berners (Juliana). Book containing the Treatises of Hawking, etc., another copy, Mr. Brockett's, with decorated title-page and coloured initial letters by Harding, morocco super extra, broad inside borders, joints, g. e., the sides symbolically tooled, by Zaehnsdorf, 1810, small folio (426) Dobell, £275.

2759 Berners (Juliana). Treatise of Fishing with an Angle, black letter, reprint of the original, extracts from the Introduction to the modern edition of the Book of St. Albans-An Account of draught fishing, from the "Jewell for Gentry,” 1614, etc., illustrated by the insertion of 8 engravings, Mr. Haslewood's copy, with MS. memoranda by him, and his bookplate, calf, in 1 vol., 4to. (399) Nattali, £2 1IS. 2760 Blacker (W.) Art of Angling and Complete System of Fly Making, first edition, engraved title and plates, interleaved, with numerous specimens of artificial flies inserted, calf gilt, g.e., in leather case, Published by the author, 1842, 8vo. (29) Nattali, £2 5s. 2761 Blome (Richard). The Gentleman's Recreations, the second edition, in three parts [Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, Agriculture, etc.], plates, including several coats-of-arms (two cut round and mounted) and woodcuts, original calf, 1710, folio (430) Seddon, £4 IS. 2762 Bol (J.) Venationis, Piscationis et Aucupii typi, Joan. Bol depingebat, P. Galleus excud., engraved title and 47 engravings, limp vellum, n. d., oblong 4to. (323)

B. F. Stevens, £3 6s. 2763 Catalogue of a Collection of Angling Books, consisting of 788 vol. on the Sport, manuscript in the autograph of Thomas Westwood, the Angler Poet, half morocco, Brussels, 1869, folio (432) Maggs, £3 5s.

[From the library of the late Mr. F. Francis, with autograph letters from the compiler. The catalogue included a Waltonian library, a set of the Works of Charles Cotton, and an Ichthyological library, forming the most exhaustive list ever compiled.—Catalogue.]

2764 Chalkhill (John). Thealma and Clearchus, a Pastoral History, in Smooth and easie Verse [the work edited and the Preface written by Izaak Walton], first edition, sprinkled calf extra, by F. Bedford, 1683—A new edition of the same, frontispiece, uncut, Chiswick, 1820, 8vo. (45)

Pitcher, £5 7s. 6d. 2765 Chetham (J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum, or a Compendious Discourse of Angling, first edition, 2 autograph letters inserted, old morocco, g. e. (a few headlines shaved), 1681, 8vo. (49) Shepherd, 1 IS. 2766 Chetham (J.) The Angler's Vade Mecum, or Discourse of Angling, second edition, very much enlarged, plates, original calf, 1689, 8vo. (50) Shepherd, £135.

2767 Cotton (Charles). Poems on Several Occasions, original

calf, 1689, 8vo. (59)

Stevenson, £2 2768 Cox (N.) The Gentleman's Recreation, Hunting, Hawking,

Fowling, Fishing, third edition, with the folding sheet (imperfect) and plates, some leaves soiled, 1686-The same, sixth edition, folding sheet torn, 1721, original calf (the lot sold not subject to return), 8vo. (63)

T. B. Williams, £1 13s. 2769 Family Jewel (A), or The Womans Councellor, 1704-New Problems of Aristotle, 1705-New Book of Knowledge, 1705-The Secrets of Angling, by C. G., 1705, original sheep binding, in 1 vol., 8vo. (79) B. F. Stevens, £1 18s. 2770 Fishmongers' (The) Pageant on Lord Mayor's Day, 1616Chrysanaleia, the Golden Fishing, devised by A. Munday, represented in 12 plates, in gold and colours, by Henry Shaw, edited by J. G. Nichols, 1844-Returns of the Fishmongers' Company to the Royal Commissioners, half morocco, 1881, together 2 vol., folio (440)

Quaritch, £2 16s. 2771 [Fletcher (Phineas).] Sicelides, a Piscatory, as it hath beene Acted in Kings Colledge, in Cambridge, first edition, a few side-notes and headlines cut into, limp morocco gilt, 1631, 4to. (344) Pitcher, £3 2s. 2772 Fletcher (Phineas). Piscatorie Eclogs, and other Poeticall Miscellanies (a portion of the Purple Island), with two engravings, one defective and pieced, morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, sold not subject to return, 1633, 4to. (345) Sutton, 1 25. 2773 Fletcher (Phineas). The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man, together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies, first edition, calf, m. e., from the libraries of W. C. Cotton and T. Westwood (this copy had the leaf at end "To my dear friend, the Spenser of this age," which is often wanting), 1633, 4to. (346) B. F. Stevens, £6 6s. 2774 Ford (S.) Piscatio, or Angling, a Poem, translated by Tipping Silvester, half bound, uncut, t. e. g., Oxford, 1733, 8vo. (90) B. F. Stevens, £2 105. 2775 Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, etc., with a Supplement of New South Wales, 110 coloured plates from drawings by Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, etc., original morocco, g.e., 1819, 4to. (347) Sheldon, £5 2s. 6d. 2776 Franck (Richard). Northern Memoirs calculated for the Meridian of Scotland, first edition . . . to which is added the Contemplative and Practical Angler by way of Diversion, original calf, 1694, 8vo. (99) Maggs, £8 2s. 6d. 2777 Halford (F. M.) Floating Flies and How to Dress Them with a few hints to Dry-Fly Fishermen, coloured plates and woodcuts, half bound, uncut, t. e. g.-Moule (T.) Heraldry of Fish, with engravings, LARGE PAPER, one of 100 copies, uncut, 1842, together 2 vol., 8vo. (109) B. F. Stevens, £1 125. 2778 Halford (F. M.) Dry-Fly Entomology with the 100 best patterns of Floating Flies and the various methods of dressing them, 2 vol., édition de luxe, one of 100 numbered

and signed copies, morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g. and gilt edges, 1897, 4to. (351) Schilling, £6 10s. 2779 Halford (F. M.) Dry-Fly Fishing, its Theory and Practice, édition de luxe, one of 100 numbered and signed copies, with mounted plates and text illustrations on India paper, morocco extra, uncut, t.e.g., 1889, super imperial 8vo. (352) Edwards, £2 18s. 2780 Halford (F. M.) Making a Fishery, édition de luxe, portrait and plates, one of 100 numbered and signed copies, stained pigskin, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 4to. (353) Schilling, 1 178. 2781 Howitt (Samuel). The British Sportsman, with the 70 plates coloured, half morocco gilt, 1812, 4to. (359)

Edwards, £4 2s. 6d. 2782 Jardine (Sir William). British Salmonidæ, 12 large coloured plates of the salmon species, with letterpress descriptions and vignettes, in a portfolio, 1839-41, folio (444)

Sabin, £1 14s. 2783 Lathy (T. P.) The Angler, a Poem . . by Piscator, proof portrait and engravings, extra illustrated by the insertion of upwards of 60 portraits and illustrations, chiefly proofs, the text inlaid, morocco gilt, g. e., Wm. Harrison's copy, with his bookplate, 1819, 8vo. (152) Tregaskis, £3 7s. 6d. 2784 Markham (Gervase). The Compleat Husbandman and Gentleman's Recreation (contained Directions in Angling, Hawking, Hunting, etc.), curious woodcuts, half bound, 1707 -Tracey (R.) Vox Piscis, or the Book-Fish, containing Three Treatises which were found in the belly of a Cod-fish, frontispiece, original calf, 1627, 8vo. (168)

B. F. Stevens, £2 7s. 6d. 2785 Markham (Gervase). The Whole Art of Husbandry, contained in Foure Bookes, black letter, sound copy in the original rough calf, 1631, 4to. (370)

Sutton, LI IS.

2786 Markham (Gervase). The Pleasures of Princes

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taining a Discourse of the generall Art of Fishing, first edition, black letter, text cut into and last leaf in facsimile, 1614-Peacham (H.) The Compleat Gentleman, frontispiece and woodcuts of arms, defective and wormed, 1627, old calf, the lot sold not subject to return, 4to. (371) B. F. Stevens, £2 6s. 2787 Mascall (Leonard). A Booke of fishing with Hooke and Line, and all other instruments thereunto belonging, part i. [containing the Treatise of Fishing, taken from Juliana Barnes], first edition, black letter, woodcuts, J. Wolfe, 1590, 4to. (374) B. F. Stevens, £10

2788 Nobbes (R.) The Compleat Troller, or the Art of Trolling, by a Lover of the Sport, first edition, with the leaf of Contents, original calf, symbolically tooled, g. e., 1682Reprint of the same, calf, with arms on sides, 1682 (circa 1790), 8vo. (177) B. F. Stevens, £5

2789 North (Roger). Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds, first edition, E. Curll, 1713-The same, second edition, ib., 1715, calf, 8vo. (179) B. F. Stevens, £1 6s. 18

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2790 North (Roger). Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds, illustrated with 18 coloured specimens by E. Albin, original half binding (1820)—History of Esculent Fish, an Essay on the Breeding of Fish, etc., by R. North, plates by E. Albin, half bound, uncut, 1794, 4to. (447) Sabin, £3 35. 2791 Porta (J. B.) Natural Magick, in XX. Bookes, engraved title and woodcuts, old calf, 1658-Wecker (Dr. John). Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art and Nature, augmented by Dr. Read, frontispiece, containing portraits, and woodcuts, some margins mended, half calf, 1660, not subject to return, folio (449) Rimell, £2 2792 Pulman (G. P. R.) The Book of the Axe, a Piscatorial Description of the Stream, and Historical Sketches, fourth edition, map (mounted), plates and woodcuts, uncut, t. e. g., 1875, 8vo. (196) B. F. Stevens, £1 5s. 2793 Scott (W. H.) British Field Sports. Shooting, Hunting, Racing, Cocking, Fishing, etc., numerous plates, chiefly engraved by J. Scott, and woodcuts, original cloth, uncut, 1818, 8vo. (213) Nattali, £2 5s. 2794 Scrope (William). Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, second edition, with coloured and other illustrations, calf extra, g. e., by Tout, 1854, 8vo. (215)

Hill, £14s. 2795 Seymour (R.) Humorous Sketches, comprising 92 caricature etchings, coloured by hand, illustrated in prose by R. B. Peake, original cloth, t. e. g., 1846, 8vo. (217) LI 18s. 2796 Stevens (C.) and J. Liebault. Maison Rustique, or the Countrie Farme, translated into English by Richard Surflet, woodcuts, last leaf defective, original calf, 1600, 4to. (394) C. Day, 110s. 2797 Stradanus (J.) Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Pugnæ Bestiarum et mutuæ Bestiarum depictæ, frontispiece and 104 engraved plates, mounted, morocco (Ant., circa 1580), oblong folio (453) Sotheran, £3 8s. 2798 Venables (R.) The Experienc'd Angler, or Angling Improv'd, third edition, much enlarged, frontispiece and engravings of fish, original sheep binding, 1668, 8vo. (245)

Maggs, £2 8s. 2799 Venables (R.) The Experienc'd Angler, or Angling Improv'd, the fourth edition, much enlarged, frontispiece and engravings of fish, half parchment, 1676, 8vo. (246)

B. F. Stevens, 1 6s. 2800 Walton (Isaac). Life of Isaac Walton, including Notices of his Contemporaries, by Thomas Zouch, LARGE PAPER, one of 8 copies only, proof portraits and plates, on India paper, uncut, S. Prowett, 1824, 4to. (405) Edwards, 2 6s. 2801 Walton (Isaak). The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation .. to which is added the Laws of Angling, etc., the fourth edition, much corrected and enlarged, scroll on title, engravings of fish, and musical notation, a few headlines shaved, calf, 1668, 8vo. (250)

Sutton, £2 18s.

2802 Walton (Isaak). Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir H. Wotton, R. Hooker, etc., edited, with illustrative Notes, by John Major, LARGEST PAPER, portraits and plates on India paper, and woodcuts, extra illustrated by the insertion of 62 portraits and views, morocco extra, g. e., 1825, 8vo. (260) Cook, £5 7s. 6d. 2803 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, 'Bagster's Second Edition," with Lives of the authors and Notes by Sir John Hawkins, portraits and plates by Wale and Audinet, 96 extra illustrations, chiefly views and portraits, inserted, half russia, uncut, t. e. g., 1815, 8vo. (256) Dobell, £3 16s. 2804 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Major's first edition, with illustrative Notes, LARGE PAPER, portraits, plates on India paper, by Wale and Nash, and woodcuts, russia gilt, m. e., 1823, 8vo. (258) £2 10s. 2805 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Major's second edition, LARGE PAPER, portraits and plates by Wale and Nash, on India paper, and woodcuts, original boards, uncut, 1824, 8vo. (259) Walford, £116s. 2806 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, Major's fourth edition, LARGE PAPER, portraits, plates and woodcuts, illustrated with additional portraits, engravings of fish and fishing, local views, etc., uncut, 1844, 8vo. (262) Edwards, £1 13s. 2807 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Lives of the Authors and Notes, by Sir John Hawkins (seventh edition), LARGEST PAPER, portraits, plates and vignettes by Wale, Audinet, etc., interleaved and extra illustrated by the insertion of 97 portraits, views, sporting prints, engravings of fish, etc., half bound, Bagster, 1808, 4to. (403) Pitcher, £2 155.

2808 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, complete in the original xii. parts, with proofs of the plates by Thomas Stothard and James Inskipp, on India paper, wrappers, uncut, Pickering, 1836, imperial 8vo. (407) Spencer, £4 145. 2809 Walton and Cotton. Memoirs, edited, with Notes, by Sir Harris Nicolas, portrait, illustrated by the insertion of nearly 100 portraits, views, antiquities, engravings of flies and fish, proof illustrations, vignettes and other engravings, morocco gilt, g. e., Pickering, 1836, 4to. (408) Dobell, £3 2810 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, in 2 parts (edited by Geo. W. Bethune), portraits, plates and woodcuts (the latter in two states), half russia, t. e. g., an autograph letter (4to.) of John Major, referring to this edition, is inserted, New York, 1847, super imperial 8vo. (409) Maggs, £2 45. 2811 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, second edition, 2 vol., portraits and illustrations on India paper, original cloth, uncut, 1860, 4to. (410) Edwards, £1 IOS. 2812 Walton and Cotton. The Compleat Angler, “Lea and Dove Edition," edited and arranged by R. B. Marston, 2 vol., with 54 photogravures and about 100 woodcuts, all on