io6 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



Giannettasius ( Nic. Parthenius ). Piscatoria et nautica. 

 Napoli, 1685, 1686 & 1692. 8. 



Halieutica. Napoli, 1686, 1689 & 1696. 8. 



[Both these poems were included in an edition published at Naples 

 in 1710-14-22. The piscatories are in thirteen eclogues. The 

 edition of 1685 is beautifully printed, with plates. All are scarce.] 



Gilbert (William). The angler's delight, containing the whole 

 art of neat and clean angling ; wherein is taught the readiest 

 way to take all sorts of fish, from the pike to the minnow, 

 together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing 

 for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also, The 

 method of fishing in Hackney River, and the names of the 

 best stands there ; with the manner of making all sorts of 

 good tackle, fit for any water whatsoever. The like never 

 before in print. By William Gilbert, Gent. London. Printed 

 by H. B. for Christopher Hussey, at the sign of the Flovver- 

 de-luce in Little Brittain. 1676. pp. 45. 12. 



[ Mr. Haslewood thought that there was probably an earlier 

 edition, from the date of the licence for the press, in the Stationers' 

 Registers, which stands, "with allowance, Oct. 2oth, 1674. Roger 

 L'Estrange." No earlier edition, however, is known. At page 14 

 the author alludes to barbel frequenting London Bridge, and his 

 "Method of fishing in Hackney River," is preluded thus : "Then 

 go to Mother Gibert's, at the Flower de Luce at Clapton, near 

 Hackney, and whilst you are drinking a pot of ale bid the maid 

 make you two or three pennyworth of ground-bait, and some paste 

 (which they do very neatly and well.)" At page 40, he adds, " There 

 is an excellent stand in the second meadow on the left hand, be- 

 yond the ferry, under a willow tree, in the midst of the meddow, by 

 the water side." Amongst the necessary equipments of an angler 

 he recommends, "A good coat for ,_ all weather; an apron to put 

 your ground-bait, stones and paste in ; a basket to put your fish in ; 

 a neat rod of about 4 foot long, in several pieces one within 

 another ;... and, if you have a boy to go along with you, a good 

 neat' s tongue and a bottle of Canary should not be wanting : to 

 the enjoyment of which I leave you." In a subsequent edition the 

 title became as follows :] 



The young angler's companion. Containing the 



whole art of neat and clean angling ;...The like never before 

 in print. [London.] Printed by H. B. for C. Hussey, at the 

 Sign of the Flower-de-Luce in Little Brittain. 1682. pp. 45. 

 12.; [same title and imprint], (n. d.) pp. 36. 12.; [same 

 title], London, Fox. 1776. 12. 



[ In these editions there is no alteration in the body of the work 

 beyond the insertion of a paragraph entitled, " To fox fish." The 

 method consists in the use of what he calls " Oculus India Berries," 

 and he cautions his readers, " that they practise not this without a 

 license from the owners, least the whipping-post or pillery be their 

 reward." Fox's reprint has a frontispiece borrowed from Lawndes' 



