no BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



Guillemard ( N.) La peche a la ligne et ou filet dans les eaux 

 douces de la France. Illustree de 50 vignettes, par L. Rouyer. 

 Paris, Hachette, front., pp. ii. 348. 8°. 



Gunther (J. A.) Die Teich-und Fischerei-Wirthschaft, oder 

 griindliche Anweisung Fischteiche anzulegen, und die Fisch- 

 erei mit Nutzen zu betreiben. Erfurt, 18 10. 8°. 



H. (R.) The school of recreation : or, the gentlemans tutor to 

 those most ingenious exercises of hunting, racing, hawking,... 

 fishing, etc. By R. H. London, printed for H. Rhodes, next 

 door to the Bear Tavern near Bride Lane in Fleet Street. 

 1684. front, pp. x. 202. 12°.; H. Rhodes. •1696. front, pp. 

 vi. 182. 12°.; H. Rhodes, 1701. 12°. {A paginary reprint) \ 

 other editions : A. Bettesworth, 1710, 1719, 1720. pp. 166. 

 12°.; 1732, 1736. pp. 154. 12°.; (n. d.) pp. 165 & 1784. 

 12°. 



[ Sometimes attributed to Hewlett, but on what evidence is not 

 shown. In the Stationers' Register, the writer's initials are only- 

 given. All the editions have a frontispiece : in the earlier ones this 

 is divided into si.x compartments. The 1736 edition has a new 

 frontispiece, in which a man and woman, seated on a bench, are 

 surrounded by birds.] 



The angler's sure guide : or, angling improved, and 



methodically digested ; shewing. L When, and how to 

 gather the best materials for fishing tackle. IL The most 

 proper baits to delude and take all sorts of fresh-water-fish* 

 IIL How to make, order, preserve and use such tackle and 

 baits. IV. The names, natures, etc., and medicinal vertues 

 of those fish. V. Their haunts, spawning-times and season. 

 VL The worst and best seasons and times to angle for them. 

 VIL The best and aptest ways of taking them by angling, 

 etc. VIIL The various and choicest ways of dressing 'em. 

 IX. How to make, store, order and preserve fish-ponds, stews 

 and fish. X. Wherein the angler is punishable by law, if he 

 invade another's right by angling. XI. How the angler may 

 lawfully defend himself, if wrongfully disturbed in his angling. 

 XII. Some presidents of licenses to angle in another's fishery. 

 Together with many other useful and pleasant varieties, suit- 

 able to the recreation of angling. Adorned with copper cuts. 

 By R. H. Esq., near 40 years a Practitioner in this Art. 

 London. Printed by J. H. for G. Conyers at the Ring, and T. 

 Ballard at the Rising Sun, in Little-Brittain. 1706. front. ^ 

 plate of fish, pp. vii. 296. 8°. 



[ Generally attributed to Robert Howlett. It would have had 

 gi-eater merit on the score of oringinality had it preceded Chetham's 

 ' Vade Mecum,' to which it bears a somewhat close resemblance. 

 There is an imitative pedantry too in the Preface (a mosaic of 



