212 Bagster's Reprints. 



methods of splicing rods, of aquatic in- 

 sects, artificial flies, etc. He also added 

 considerably to the "Short Discourse by 

 way of Postscript touching the Laws of 

 Angling," which was published first with 

 the third edition of the Angler. He also 

 gave in an appendix an extended list of 

 flies and their dressings some, I expect, 

 from Bowlker. Above all, he repro- 

 duced Walton's text carefully. The first 

 edition was printed for Thomas Hope, 

 1760 ; the second for J. Rivington,, 1766; 

 and the third for John and Francis 

 Rivington, 1775; and, in 1784, the last 

 edition published during the lifetime of 

 the editor, with some additions, was 

 published by John, -Francis, and Charles- 

 Rivington. 



Passing over two further editions in 

 the Hawkins series, published with a 

 few notes by his son, we come to the 

 first Bagster edition, 1808. This, as Mr. 

 Westwood says, is the "tallest" edition 

 published up to that time. I have a 

 fine copy of it before me. The illustra- 

 tions are, as regards the fishing scenes, 

 copies of those in Hawkins re-engraved 

 by Philip Audinet, who also did the fish, 

 which are for the most part a vast im- 

 provement on anything in Hawkins. 

 With reference to these illustrations, the 



