The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In two parts. ... To which are prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. And Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. ...

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London: Printed for John and Francis Rivington, 1774-1775. Sm. thick 8vo. Later qtr calf. Raised spine bands. (lxxviii, 304, lxviii, x, 128, 8pp). With 2 copper-plate frontispieces, 14 full-page engrv-plates, and text-illusts, depicting several kinds of river-fish and the implements used in angling. A fine early copy of this classic.