Second Session, Monday Evening, January 19th 



262. ANGLING. Walton (Isaac) and Cotton (Charles). The Compleat 



Angler. The Seventh Edition, very much amended and improved. 

 With the Laws that concern Angling. And an Appendix. By 

 Moses Browne. Copper-plates, and text illustrations. 12mo, calf, 

 rebacked, leather labels, some leaves foxed. 



London: Henry Kent, 1759 



The preface has been rewritten, the "directions for the sport" have 

 been distinguished by "particular marks" and four new engravings by 

 Burgh have been added. The plates used in the former edition have 

 been re-engraved, but the artist's name is not attached to them. This is 

 also the case with one of the new plates. 



263. ANGLING. Fairfax (T.). The Complete Sportsman; or, Country Gen- 



tleman's Eecreation. Compiled by Mr. T. Fairfax. 12mo, sheep, 

 leather label, binding rubbed. London, 1764 



Pages 118-167 are devoted to Angling. 



264. ANGLING. Fairfax (T.). The Complete Sportsman; or, Country Gen- 



tleman's Eecreation. Compiled by Mr. T. Fairfax. 12mo, old calf, 

 worn and cracked at hinges. 



Dublin: Printed for T. and J. Whitehouse, 1764 

 One chapter is devoted to Angling. 



265. ANGLING. Brookes (E.). The Art of Angling. The Third Edition, 



with great Improvements. Illustrated ivith 135 cuts, exactly de- 

 scribing the different Kinds of Fish that are found in the French 

 or Salt Waters. 12mo, calf, binding rubbed, 2 leaves torn and 

 mended. London: Printed for T. Lowndes, 1770 



266. ANGLING. Walton (Isaac) and Cotton (Charles). The Complete 



Angler. To which are prefixed the Lives of the Authors, and 

 Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. The Third Edition. 

 By Sir John Hawkins. Frontispiece, portrait of Cotton, and 14 

 plates. 12mo, original, calf, leather label, rubbed. 



London: Printed for John and Francis Eivington, 1775 



267. ANGLING. Walton (Isaac) and Cotton (Charles). The Complete 



Angler . . . with the Lives of the Authors, and Notes Historical, 

 Critical, and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins. Engraved 

 frontispiece, portrait of Cotton, 14 plates, and woodcuts in text. 

 The Fourth Edition, with large additions. 12mo, calf, leather label, 

 cracked at hinges, binding rubbed. London, 1784 



For the Memoir of Cotton by Oldys is substituted a new biography by 

 Hawkins. An "Ecloga piscatoria, a Metastasio, ut dicitur" is added to 

 the Appendix. 



268. ANGLING. A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Valuable Pieces, both 



in Verse and Prose; chiefly selected from the Fugitive Productions 



of the most eminent Wits of the Present Age. 12mo, sheep, leather 



label, binding rubbed. Edinburgh: T. Euddiman and Co., 1785 



Contains, 'The Art of Angling. Eight Dialogues in Verse.' pp. 269-334. 



