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222 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



recreation. Illustrated with upwards of thirty copper cuts of 



the several kinds of river fish, and of the implements used in 



angling, views of the principal scenes described in the book, 



engraved by Mr. Ryland. To which is now prefixed, the lives 



of the authors and notes historical, critical and explanatory. 



The second edition. London : printed for J. Rivington, at 



the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-yard ; J. Caslon, 



in Stationers Court ; and R. Withy, in Cornhill. 1766. 8°. 



[ This is the preceding edition with a fresh title-page, but the 



plates, of which the early impressions were remarkably brilliant, 



have now lost much of their sharpness. The engraver, by the way, 



subsequently had the misfortune to be hanged, for forgery.] 



The compleat angler : or, contemplative man's recre- 



ation. In two parts. By the ingenious and celebrated Mr. Isaac 

 Walton, and Charles Cotton, Esq ; I. Being a discourse of 

 rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. II. Instructions how to 

 angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream. Conectly and 

 very accurately published. ( With draughts, of all the fish ; 

 ornamented with a number of copper plates, and a great 

 variety of useful and copious notes.) By Moses Browne, 

 author of Piscatory Eclogues, etc. The eighth edition, with 

 the addition of all the songs set to music. Also the laws that 

 concern angling. And an appendix, which shews at one view... 

 rules concerning... weather improper and proper for the sport. 

 The whole comprising all that is valuable, instructing, or 

 curious, that has appeared on the subject. Peter saith...John 

 xxi. 3. Walton's own motto to ist edition. London : printed 

 and sold by Richard and Henry Causton (successors to the late 

 Mr. Henry Kent), at the Printing Office, No. 21, Finch lane, 

 near the Royal Exchange. 1772. 8°. 



[Collation: frontispiece, pp. xxiv, 238, (the last blank); front., 

 pt. 2, pp. 239-363, viii (Inde.x), 8 leaves. This is Moses Browne's 

 third and last edition. It is said, in the preface, to be " greatly im- 

 proved. ..by the addition of twenty pages, and of several useful 

 notes." The music was the work of the editor. I'he plates are the 

 same as in the 1759 edition.] 



The complete angler : or, contemplative man's 



recreation. Being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and 

 fishing. In two parts. The first written by Mr. Isaac Walton, 

 the second by Charles Cotton Esq. Illustrated with upwards 

 of thirty copper cuts of the several kinds of river fish, of the 

 implements used in angling, and views of the principal scenes 

 described in the book. To which are prefixed, the lives of the 

 authors and notes historical, critical, and explanatory. By 

 Sir John Hawkins, Knt. The third edition. London, printed 

 for John and Francis Rivington, (No 62) at the Bible and 



