1 82 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



J. Sprint in Little Brittain. 1704. Price 6d. front., pp. vi. 



1 60. 24. 



[ Among the additions not mentioned in the title are " Secrets 

 and curiosities never before made publick." After which follows: 

 " To make and order fish-ponds," and finally, " How to fish in 

 Hackney River," which is an abridgement of Gilbert's " Method of 

 fishing in Hackney River," 1 (" Angler's Delight," 1676), with some 

 very slight variations ("Caususor Maries-Hole," for instance, in- 

 stead of " Cunnis-Hole or Maries-Hole " and some others) and 

 ending in the same words with the "boy " and the " neat's tongue" 

 and the " bottle of Canary. 1 ' The frontispiece is the same as in 

 the second edition. At the back of the title is an advertisement of 

 " The experienced Fowler."] 



4. The compleat fisher : or, the true art of angling : being a 

 clear and speedy way of taking all sorts of fresh-water fish... 

 containing the... mystery of a compleat angler. By J. S., etc. 

 The fourth edition enlarged. London, printed for G. Conyers 

 at the Ring, and J. & B. Sprint at the Bell in Little-Brittain. 

 1716. Price 6d. front., pp. ii. 164. 24. 



[ At the back of the title is an address, signed J. S., to the " Reader 

 The many editions of this book shew the kind reception it has met 

 with, etc." and underneath, an advertisement of " The young 

 sportsman's instructor," and " The experienc'd fowler, or gentle- 

 man's recreation." The additions are some paragraphs coming 

 after the chapter on Hackney River, entitled " Secrets of fish 

 in general." The frontispiece, representing two male anglers, differs 

 from that used in previous editions, and fills the whole page.] 



5. The compleat fisher : or, the true art of angling : being a 

 clear and speedy way of taking all sorts of fresh- water fish... 

 containing the. ..mystery of a compleat angler. By J. S., etc. 

 The fourth edition enlarged. London, printed for G. Conyers 

 at the Ring, and J. and B. Sprint at the Bell in Little Brittain. 

 1716. Price 6d. front., pp. ii. 164. 24. 



[ The title is identical with the previous entry, but it is evidently 

 a reprint, the type being different and some 'important additions 

 made at the end. Thus in place of the Hackney River chapter we 

 have one beginning : "Having now given the properest directions 

 for anglers I shall now likewise give them some short account of 

 rivers," and this is followed by a list of all the best angling stations 

 on the Lee ( Hackney River), " Hounslow River, Uxbridge River, 

 The Thames, Weybridge River, Lewisham River, Dagenharn Breach, 

 Barkin Creek, The New River, The Physick Gardens, Wood Ditch, 

 and the Tile-Kiln Rounds." The Gilbert abridgement is suppressed. 

 The frontispiece is the same as in the first edition.] 



6. The compleat fisher : or, the true art of angling. Being a 

 clear and speedy way of taking all sorts of fresh-water fish... 

 containing the. ..mystery of a compleat angler. To fish in 

 Hackney River, the best stands and how to make the best 

 tackling to fish there. By J. S., etc. The fifth edition 



