1176 ANGLER'S HAND-BOOK (The), containing Concise Instructions for every Department of the Art, two coloured plates of Flies, including many never before figured. 1846. Two coloured plates, 18mo, half green morocco neat, emblematic tooling, gilt top, uncut, with original cover inserted, 10s 6d

1177 ANNALS OF SPORTING (The) AND FANCY GAZETTE, A. MAGAZINE ENTIRELY APPROPRIATED TO SPORTING SUBJECTS AND FANCY PURSUITS,

CONTAINING EVERYTHING WORTHY OF REMARK ON

1822 to

ACCOMPANIED WITH STRIKING REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
1828. COMPLETE SET, THIRTEEN VOLUMES, with all the admirable plates,
BOTH COLOURED and plain, by the best artists of the day, including ALKEN, HOWITT,
HERRING, CRUIKSHANK, Landseer, etc., etc., 15 vols ("The Turf Herald, or Racing
Calendar" being added as separate volumes and numbered 14 and 15), 8vo, a very
FINE AND PERFECT SET, in half morocco, top edges gilt, £45

This is a remarkably rare magazine, seldom to be found in perfect state, as the above set is. The coloured plates are very spirited, and in the present copy fine examples.

1178 ANTIDUELLO, or a Treatise in which is discussed the LAWFULNESSE and UNxLAWFULNESSE OF SINGLE COMBATS, together with the forme of several Duals performed in this Kingdome upon sundry occasions. 1632. Wants plate, small 4to, fine copy is old calf, with Edward Gwynn stamped in gold on side, and E. G. on back, from the Earl of Ashburnham's Library, £1 158

The running titles are The Duel's Anatomie and The Manner of Combats. 1179 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e., NIMROD) HUNTING REMINISCENCES, COMPRISING MEMOIRS OF MASTERS OF HOUNDS, NOTICES OF THE CRACK RIDERS, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUNTING COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, BY NIMROD. R. Ackermann, 1843. FIRS EDITION, with beautiful engravings by WILDRAKE, HENDERSON, and ALKEN, 8vo, fine copy in the original cloth, UNCUT, £5 188

1180 APPERLEY (Charles James, ie., NIMROD) MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ, of HALSTON, SHROPSHIRE, formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop and Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits, by NIMROD, Second Edition, reprinted (with considerable additions) from the New Sporting Magazine. R. Ackermann, 1837. With bright impressions of the brilliantly coloured plates by HENRY ALKEN, 8vq, calf extra, uncut, by RIVIERE, bound from the original cloth, with the covers preserved at end, £8 8s

This, the Second Edition, contains the first appearance of six of the excellent plates-the first issue only having twelve, the second has eighteen.

1181 Another, the Third Edition, with a Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of HANDLEY CROSS.' 1851. With the excellent plate in COLOURS by Alken, etc., 8vo, calf extra, by Riviere, £7 78

This is the first edition edited by Surtees. 1182 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e., NIMROD) NIMKOD ABROAD. 1842. FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, small 8vo, original cloth, 18s

1183 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e., NIMROD) REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS, the Choice of Horses, and their Management, in a Series of Familiar Letters, originally published in the Sporting Magazine between 1822 and 1828, by Nimrod, with Notes and a Copious Index. 1831. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half calf extra, uncut, by RIVIERE, £1 58

1184

1185

Another copy, original boards, UNCUT, £1 58

Another edition. 1837. With a series of sporting plates inserted, edition erased from title, name written across, 8vo, half calf, 158

1186 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e. NIMROD) NIMROD'S NORTHERN TOUR, Descriptive of the Principal Hunts in SCOTLAND AND THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, with the TableTalk of Distinguished Sporting Characters, and Anecdotes of Masters of Hounds, Crack Riders, and Celebrated Amateur Dragsmen. W. Spiers, 1838. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half green morocco, top edge gilt, uncut, £2 108

1187 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e. NIMROD) SPORTING, embellished by Large Engravings and Vignettes illustrative of BRITISH FIELD SPORTS, from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough, R.A., E. Landseer, R.A., A. Cooper, R.A., Charles Hancock, J. F. Lewis, W. Barraud, etc., EDITED BY NIMROD, with Literary Contributions by Thos. Hood, John Hamilton Reynolds, W. H. Maxwell, etc., etc. 1838. FIRST EDITION, very fine steel engravings and vignettes, folio, original cloth, £2 158 1188 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e. NIMROD) THE CHASE, THE TURF, AND THE ROAD, BY NIMROD. 1837. FIRST EDITION, portrait by Maclise, and illustrations by HENRY ALKEN, 8vo, calf extra, top edges gilt, UNCUT, original covers preserved at end, by Riviere, £3 38

1189

1190

Another copy. Original cloth, £2 28

Another copy. WITH THE PLATES FINELY COLOURED BY HAND, 8vo, calf extra, uncut, £3 188

1191 APPERLEY (Charles James, i.e. NIMROD) THE HORSE AND THE HOUND, their various uses and treatment, including practical instructions in Horsemanship and a Treatise on Horse Dealing. 1842. FIRST EDITION, engravings and woodcuts by HENRY ALKEN, small 8vo, original cloth, UNCUT, £1 188

1192 ARCHER'S GUIDE (The), containing full Instructions for the use of that Ancient and Noble Instrument, the Bow, Directions for the Choice of Arrows, and all Information essential to the attainment of Theoretical Proficiency in the Graceful, Manly, and Fashionable Pastime of Archery, accompanied by a Sketch of the History of the Long Bow, whether as a Weapon of War or an Instrument of Amusement, by an Old Toxophilite. 1833. Folding coloured frontispiece by R. Cruikshank, 12mo, cloth, 78 6d

1193 ARMIGER (Charles) THE SPORTSMAN'S VOCAL CABINET, comprising an extensive collection of Scarce, Curious, and Original SONGS AND BALLADS, RELATIVE TO FIELD SPORTS, viz., RACING, HUNTING, COURSING, HAWKING, SHOOTING, ANGLING, ARCHERY, CRICKETING, etc., etc., interspersed with Explanatory Notes and brief sketches of men who have distinguished themselves on the Turf or the Field, etc. 1830. Small 8vo, half morocco extra, top edges gilt, uncut, £1 118 6d

1195 ART OF ANGLING (The). Hodgson, N.D. (circa 1824). Pretty etching and engraved title, 18mo, neat half morocco extra, with emblematic tooling, uncut, with covers preserved, 158

1196

1197

1198

Another copy, in full morocco extra, neatly tooled, top edges gilt, uncut, £1 1s
Another, in full calf extra, gilt edges, 158

Another copy, in the original covers, as issued, 108

1199 ART OF CONJURING (The), or Legerdemain made Easy, Exhibiting the Manner of Performing all the Ingenious and Remarkable Tricks, etc. N.D. (about 1810). Coloured front., sewn, 4s 6d

1200 ART OF MANUAL DEFENCE (The), or SYSTEM OF BOXING PERSPICUOUSLY EXPLAINED IN A SERIES OF LESSONS, by a Pupil both of Humphreys and Mendoza. 1789. With ten copperplate engravings, small 8vo, mottled calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere, £3 38

1201 ASTLEY (John) THE ART OF RIDING, set foorth in a breefe Treatise, with a due interpretation of certeine places alledged out of Xenophon, and Gryson verie expert and excellent Horsemen, wherein also the true use of the hand by the said Grysons rules and precepts is speciallie touched: and how the Author of this present worke hath put the same in Practice, also what profit men may reap thereby, without the knowledge whereof, all the residue of the order of Riding is but vaine. Lastlie, is added a Short Discourse of the Chaine or Cauezzan, the Trench, and the Martingale; written by a Gentleman of great skill and long experience in the said Art. Imprinted at London, by Henrie Denham, 1584.-THE ART OF RIDING, conteining diverse necessarie instructions, demonstrations, helps, and corrections APPERTEINING TO HORSEMANSHIP, not heretofore expressed by anie other Author, written at large in the Italian Toong, by Maister Claudio Corte, a man most excellent in this art. Here brieflie reduced into certain English discourses to the benefit of gentlemen and others desirous of such knowledge. 1584. 2 vols in 1, woodcuts, small 4to, old calf from the Earl of Ashburnham's Library, £11 11s

1202 AUSTEN (Ra.) A TREATISE OF FRUIT-TREES, SHEWING THE MANNER OF PLANTING, GRAFTING, PRUNING, AND ORDERING OF THEM. in all respects according to the Rule of Experience, gathered in the space of Thirty-seven Years; whereunto is annexed Observations upon Sr. Fran. Bacon's Natural History, as it concerns FRUIT TREES FRUITS, AND FLOWERS; also Directions for Planting of Wood for Building, Fuel, and other uses; whereby the value of Lands may be much improved in a short time, with small cost and little labour, the Third Impression, revised, with Additions, by Ra AUSTEN, Practiser in the Art of Planting. Oxford, 1665. 12mo, old calf, £1 58 1203 Another Edition. Oxford, 1657.-With the addition of THE SPIRITUALI USE OF AN ORCHARD, OR GARDEN OF FRUIT-TREES, etc. 1657. 2 vols in 1, small 4to engraved title, old boards, re-covered with sheep, £2 28

1204 AYRES (Philip) LYRIC POEMS, made in Imitation of the Italians, of which man are Translations from other Languages. 1687. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, smal 8vo, fine clean copy in original calf, £2 28

etc., etc.

Poems on "A Race-Horse," "Cynthia on Horse back," "On the Death of Cynthia's Horse," "T the Nightingale," "The Young Archer," "In Praise of a Country Life," "To a Singing Bird, 1205 B. (T.) A COMPENDIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE ART OF BREEDING NURSING, AND THE RIGHT ORDERING OF THE SILK-WORM, ILLUS TRATED WITH FIGURES ENGRAVEN ON COPPER, WHEREON IS CURIOUSLY EXHIBITED TH WHOLE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROFITABLE INSECT. 1732. With six remarkably fir folding plates, 4to, mottled calf extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, a fine copy of a scarce book, £5 5 1206 BABINGTON (John) PYROTECHNIA, or A DISCOURSE OF ARTIFICIA FIRE-WORKS FOR PLEASURE, IN WHICH THE TRUE GROUNDS OF THAT ART AR PLAINLY AND PERSPICUOUSLY LAID DOWN: TOGETHER WITH SUNDRY SUCH MOTIONS BOTH STRAIGHT AND CIRCULAR, PERFORMED BY THE HELPE OF FIRE, as are not to b found in any other Discourse of this kind, extant in any language, WHEREUNTO ANNEXED A SHORT TREATISE OF GEOMETRIE, etc., etc. 1635. A very fine engrave title, containing billiant impression of the author's portrait, besides other interesting design by Droeshout, and a great number of illustrations throughout of an important nature re'atu to the subject of the work, folio, fine copy in old calf, £4 15s

Another copy, not so fine, old calf, £3 38

1207 1208 BACON (Francis, Lord Verulam) Fr. Baconis de Verulamio SYLVA SYLVARU sive Hist. Naturalis et Nova Atlantis. Amstelodami Elzevir, 1661. Engraved tit 12mo. old calf, rebacked. 108

1209 BACON (Francis, Lord Verulam) SYLVA SYLVARUM, or a Naturnal Historie Ten Centuries, written by the Right Honourable Francis, Lo. Verulam, Viscount Alban, published after the Author's death, by William Rawley, D.D. 1635. Portra and engraved title by Cecil, small folio, old calf, rebacked, £1 1s

This copy contains "The New Atlantis" bound in at end.
Bacon's Sylva is referred to by WALTON in his COMPLETE ANGLER.

1210 BACON (Francis, Lord Verulam) The Charge of Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, His Majesties Attourney Generall, TOUCHING DUELLS, upon an Information in the Star-Chamber against Priest and Wright; the Decree of the Star-Chamber in the same Cause. 1614. FIRST EDITION, small 4to, title and next three leaves dust-soiled, large copy in half calf neat, £1 188

1211 BADHAM (Rev. C. D.) Prose Halieutics, or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle. 1854. 8vo, cloth, 58

1212 BAGNALL (George) PISCATORIAL RAMBLES; or, the Fisherman's Pocket Companion. 1865. 12mo, half morocco neat, 78 6d

1213 BAILEY (J.) THE COMPLETE ART OF ANGLING: containing necessary Instructions for that Pleasing and Fashionable Amusement, including every useful information relating to the Haunts of Fish of all sorts, Proper Baits, etc., etc. J. and H. W. Bailey, N.D. (circa 1815-1820). Folding coloured frontispiece, sm. 8vo, neat half morocco extra, uncut, 108 6d

1214 ETC."

Another edition, called "BAILEY'S NEW AND COMPLETE ART OF ANGLING, Ib., N.D. (circa 1820). Coloured frontispiece (different from the one in the preceding), small 8vo, half morocco neat, 10s 6d

1215

Another edition, called "The Angler's Pocket Companion: a Complete and Superior Treatise on the Art of Angling, etc., etc. N.D. (circa 1825). 12mo, half morocco neat, 88 6d

1216

Another edition, called The Angler's Companion, a Complete and Superior Treatise on the Art of Angling, containing every Instruction to Practice with Success this most Healthy Pastime, etc., etc. J. Bailey, N.D. (circa 1820). Folding coloured plate, small 8vo, half morocco neat, 98

All the above are scarce Chap book treatises, neatly bound. 1217 BAILEY (William) The Angler's Instructor; a Treatise on the Best Modes of Angling in the English Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds, and on the Habits of the Fish. Nottingham, N.D. (1866). Second Edition, 12mo, paper covers, 28 1218 BAINBRIDGE (Geo. C.) THE FLY-FISHER'S GUIDE. Liverpool, 1816. FIRST EDITION, illustrated by BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED plates, representing forty of the most useful flies, accurately copied from nature, 8vo, fine copy in contemporary half calf, with emblematic tooling on back, £2 18s

First Edition, scarce.

1219 BAKER (Ezekiel) REMARKS ON RIFLE GUNS, being the result of Forty Years' Practice and Observations, with SPECIFIC REMARKS ON FOWLING PIECES, by EZEKIEL BAKER. 1821. Six coloured and other illustrations, 8vo, half old boards, 93

1220 BAKER (Sir Richard) CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Reign of our Sovereigne Lord King Charles, containing all Essays of State and Church, with all other Observations proper for a Chronicle. London, Daniel Freere, 1643. Folio, FIRST EDITION, with the rare portrait of PRINCE CHARLES, and the beautifully engraved title by W. MARSHALL, containing portraits of CHARLES I. and the Author, views of Cities, etc., very fine copy in brown morocco, super extra tooled, with centre ornaments, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £9 98

All later editions are greatly altered, many interesting documents, etc., being left out, and the rare portrait was never reproduced.

THIS WORK IS REFERRED TO BY WALTON IN HIS COMPLETE ANGLER.

1221 BALDWIN (Thomas) AIROPADIA, containing the Narrative of THE BALLOON EXCURSION FROM CHESTER, the Eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the Voyage, HINTS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF BALLOONS, and MODES OF INFLATION BY STEAM, Means to Prevent their Descent over Water, Occasional Inquiries into the State of the Atmosphere favouring their Direction, with various Philosophical Observations and Conjectures, to which is subjoined Mensuration of Heights by the Barometer made plain, with extensive tables, the whole serving as an Introduction to Aerial Navigation. Chester, 1786. Coloured and other plates, 8vo, fine copy in original boards, uncut, 188

1222 BANQUET OF THALIA (The), or the Fashionable Songster's Pocket Memorial, an elegant Collection of the most ADMIRED SONGS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS. N.D. (circa 1790). Pretty vignette title, small 8vo, green morocco extra, çilt edges, by Morrell, £1 18

1223 1224

Another Copy, calf gilt, 128

Another Edition. York, 1812. Half calf, UNCUT, 98

The above contain several HUNTING SONGS.

1225 BARKER (Thomas) BARKER'S DELIGHT, OR THE ART OF ANGLING,
WHEREIN ARE DISCOVERED MANY RARE SECRETS VERY NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN BY ALL
THAT DELIGHT IN THAT RECREATION, BOTH FOR CATCHING THE FISH AND THE DRESSING
THEREOF. THE SECOND EDITION, MUCH ENLARGED BY THOMAS BARKER, AN AN-
CIENT PRACTITIONER IN THE SAID ART.
Eccles. 3. 1. 11.

There is a time and season to every purpose under heaven :
Everything is beautifull in his time.

London, printed by J. G. for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in S. Dunstan's Church-Yard, Fleet Street, 1657. Some headlines cut into, else a perfect copy f this the original issue of Barker's Angling, 12mo, green morocco extra, interleaved, several pages of interesting MS. notes prefixed relative to Barker, his life and works, £6 16s 6d 1226 [BARKER (T.)] THE ART OF ANGLING, WHEREIN ARE DISCOVERED MANY RARE SECRETS, VERY NECESSARY TO BE KNOWNE BY ALL THAT DELIGHT IN THAT RECREATION. London, Printed in the Yeare 1653. Small 4to, fine copy in the original sheep Printed the same year as the First Edition of Isaac Walton's treatise, and of great rarity. The pre sent copy is bound up with "THE COUNTRY-MAN'S RECREATION, OR THE ART OF PLANTING GRAFTING, and GARDENING, etc., etc., 1654." For full description and price, see number 1407 of this catalogue.

1227 BARKER (Thomas) THE ART OF ANGLING, wherein are Discovered many Rare Secrets, very necessary to be Known by all that Delight in that Recreation, writter by THOMAS BARKER, an Ancient Practitioner in the said Art. 1651. (One hundres copies reprinted for J. H. Burn, 1820), 12mo, half morocco neat, cover preserved, 10s 6d 1228 BARLOW (Francis) SEVERALL WAYES OF HUNTING, HAWKING AND FISHING, ACCORDING TO THE ENGLISH MANNER, INVENTED BY FRANCIS BARLOW, ETCHED BY W. HOLLAR. And are to be sould by John Overton, at the

White Horse without Newgate, N.D. (but 1671).

If Hunting, Hawking, Fishing, pleasure yeald,
How much may Art exceede, as if in Feild
You viewed each Sport by figure so exprest,
The several wayes they take Fowl, Fish, and Beast.

12 very finely engraved plates, and an engraved title-page, oblong 4to, sprinkled calf extra gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £18 188

Genuine original impressions of this remarkably rare and interesting series of Sporting Prints. The following are the subjects of the plates :-"CONY-CATCHING," "HARE-HUNTING,' "COURSING FALLOW DEER," "STAG HUNTING," "FOX HUNTING," "OTTER HUNTING," "HERN HAWKING," "PARTRIDGE HAWKING," "FEASANT HAWK ING," "RIVER FISHING," "SALMON FISHING," and "ANGLING."

The Earl of Ashburnham's sold for £38.

1229 BARRY (W.) MOORLAND AND STREAM, with Notes and Prose Idyls on SHOOTING AND TROUT FISHING. 1871. 8vo, half green morocco extra, top edges gilt, uncut, 98 1230 BAYFIUS (L.) De re Vestiaria, Vascularia et Navali: Ex Bayfio. In adolescen tulorum, bonarum literarum Studiosorum, gratiam. Lutetiæ, apud Carolum Stephanum. Typographum Regium, 1553. Numerous woodcuts of ships, anchors, etc., etc., 12mo, calf, £1 108

With this interesting old volume is bound "Dictionarium Poeticum, quod vulgo inscribitur Elucidarius Carminum, multo quam antea emen datius. Lutetiae, 1559.' 1231 BAYLY (Thomas Haynes) WEEDS OF WITCHERY. Ackerman, 1837. FIRST EDITION, with very humorous and spirited plates in GEORGE CRUIKSHANK's style, emblematic of various flowers, weeds, and herbs, 8vo, original cloth, uncut, very fine copy, £1 28 6