A concise treatise on the art of angling : confirmed by actual experience, and minute observations; with the proper methods For Breeding and Feeding Fish, and of making Fish-Ponds, Stews, &c. with several Arcana, never before made Public. To which is added the complete fly-fisher; the Game-Laws, relative to Angling; and Prognostics of the Weather, independent of the Barometer
by Best, Thomas
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About This Item
London : printed for B. Crosby, 1794. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in the original boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; xii, 155, [1] pages, plate. Subjects; 1701-1800. Fishing Great Britain. Fly casting.
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- Title
- A concise treatise on the art of angling : confirmed by actual experience, and minute observations; with the proper methods For Breeding and Feeding Fish, and of making Fish-Ponds, Stews, &c. with several Arcana, never before made Public. To which is added the complete fly-fisher; the Game-Laws, relative to Angling; and Prognostics of the Weather, independent of the Barometer
- Author
- Best, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- London : printed for B. Crosby
- Date Published
- 1794
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