The Whole Art of Fishing. Being a Collection and Improvement of All That Has Been Written Upon the Subject: With Many New Experiments. Shewing the Different Ways of Angling, and the Best Methods of Taking Fresh-water Fish. To Which is Added, the Laws of Angling.
London: E. Curll , 1714.
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First Edition of The Whole Art of Fishing
First edition of this comprehensive 18th-century manual on the art of angling. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary sprinkled tan sheepskin with the front and rear panels ruled in gilt, gilt crest of Francis Ferrand Foljambe to the foot of the spine, all edges speckled red, turn-ins stamped in black, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition with wear to the extremities. From the collection of English politician Francis Ferrand Foljambe (1750-1814).
The Whole Art of Fishing is an instructional and practical manual devoted to the techniques and culture of angling. Reflecting the period’s growing interest in leisure pursuits and natural history, the work compiles advice on equipment, bait, seasonal practice, and the habits of various fish, drawing on earlier angling traditions while presenting itself as a comprehensive guide. Issued by Curll, a London publisher known for popular and sometimes controversial publications, the volume illustrates the commercial appeal of recreational literature and the codification of sport fishing as both practical skill and genteel pastime in eighteenth-century Britain.
The Whole Art of Fishing. Being a Collection and Improvement of All That Has Been Written Upon the Subject: With Many New Experiments. Shewing the Different Ways of Angling, and the Best Methods of Taking Fresh-water Fish. To Which is Added, the Laws of Angling.
$1,400.00
In Stock
