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*Ang. 45.15 [Dennys, John.] The secrets of angling ; teaching the 

 choicest tooles, baits, and seasons for the taking of any fish 

 in pond or river. Practised, and familiarly opened in three 

 books, by J. D. Augmented with many approved experi- 

 ments, by W. Lauson. [Edited by Sir Henry Ellis.] 

 London. 1652. Reprinted 1811. 8. pp. (8), 36+. 



Wdcts. 



With the armorial book-plate of John Caley ( ?) whose autograph appears 

 on the first fly-leaf. 



100 copies printed. ist edition, 1613. This reprint was published in 

 1812, in Brydges' "British bibliographer," ii. 465-502. Lauson's additions 

 contain the seven woodcuts of hooks. 



" Beloe says of the book that ' perhaps there does not exist in the circle of 

 English literature a rarer volume.' Sir John Hawkins confessed ' he could 

 never get a sight of it.' " Westwood and Satchell. 



"No more musical and graceful verses were ever written on the art of 

 angling." Diet, nat, biog. 



For an account of the author and the work, see Westwood and SatchelPs 

 " Bibliotheca piscatoria," pp. 73-75; also, Osmund Lambert's "Angling 

 literature in England," pp. 43-46. . ,~ 



Ang. 45.17 [ ] The same. By I. D. London. 1613. [With 



the comments of William Lauson, 1653.] Wdcts. (Re- 

 printed in ARBER, Edward, editor. An English garner, 

 1877, 8, i. 141-198.) 



"A very imperfect version." Diet. nat. biog. 



15427. 27(i) Another copy. 



Ang. 45.16 The same. 1613. A reprint, with introduction 



by Thomas Westwood. London. 1883. sm. 4. pp.62. 



14453.46 Another copy. 



14453.47 [ ] The same. Edited [with notes] by " Pisca- 



tor." 2 vol. in I. Edinburgh. 1885. 16. (BlBLIO- 

 THECA curiosa, 43.) 



350 copies. " Privately printed." 



" List of books relating to angling," ii. 63-64. 



Ang. 18.78.2 [Desloges, Louis Camille Auguste.] Le parfait p- 

 cheur a la ligne, au filet, etc. ; suivi du calendrier du 

 pe~cheur, d'un traite de pisciculture simplifie, de raquarium, 

 et des lois et ordonnances sur la pche fluviale. Par L. B. 

 Renauld \pseudon. ~\. Paris. 1878. 1 6. Wdcts. 



1st edition, 1858, signed "Renaud;" later editions were signed " L. D. 

 Renauld." 



*Ang. 24.1 D'Ewes, J. Sporting in both hemispheres. London, 

 etc. 1858. sm. 8. Col. front, and col. plates. 



Chapters 15, 16, and 19 are on fishing. 



"The author is said to be a descendant of Charles Cotton." Westwood 

 and Satchell. 



AL 1152.2.21 Dexter, Charles. Angling songs. (/ his Versions 

 and verses, 1865, 8, pp. 135-154.) 



