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Wafer, Lionel [c. 1640— c. 1700] A 

 new voyage and description of the 

 Isthmus of America. London, 1696. 

 224 p. Pre-Linn. 1696.1 



Kshes. p. 124-129, Indians fishing with nets 

 and hands, p. 129-130. 



The 1st ed.; 2nd & 3rd are, London, 1699 & 

 1704. French versions: Amsterdam, 1705; Paris, 

 1706. There are also German and Swedish 

 translations. Wafer's voyage is also found as: 



A new voyage and description 



of the Isthmus of America. Giving an 

 account of the author's abode there, 

 the form and make of the country . . . 

 To which are added, the natural his- 

 tory of those parts, by a Fellow of the 

 Royal Society. (In A collection of 

 voyages, etc. London, 1729, vol. III.) 

 Pre-Linn. 1729.1 



"An additional account of several beasts, 

 birds, fishes, reptiles, &c. communicated by a 

 member of the Royal Society," chap. rl. 



Wagner, Gottfried Jacob. Der in der 

 edlen Fischerey wohlunterrichtende und 

 erfahme Fischer, welcher lehret, wie 

 man soU die Teiche anlegen, bauen, 

 warten, etc. Niimberg, 1729. viii, 

 261 p. 13 pis. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1729.1 



Other eds.: Nuremberg, 1730, 1739; Breslau, 

 1758, 1762; Vienna, 1785. The 1762 ed. bears 

 title: 



Dervollkommene Fischer, welcher zeiget wie 

 man die Teiche anlegen, bauen, etc. Breslau, 

 1762. vii, 191 p. 8°. 



Waldschmid, Wilhelm Ulrich [1669- 

 1731] Lampetrae fluviatilis anatome. 

 Ephemer. Acad. Nat. Cur., 1697-98 

 (1700), dec. 3, ann. 5 & 6, 545-547. 



Pre-Linn. 1700.1 



Included also in the " Amphitheatrum zooto- 

 mioum" of M. B. Valentini, 1720. pt. ii, p. 131. 



Wallace, James (M. A.) [ -1688] 

 Description of the islands of Orkney. 

 Edinburgh, 1693. pis. map. 16°. 



Pre-Linn. 1693.1 



Contains accounts of the fishes. 



Another ed., with additions by the author's 

 son (James Wallace, M.D.), was published in 

 1700, and in 1863 the whole was edited and re- 

 printed by J. Small. See Small, J., 1863.1. 



Walton, Izaak [1593-1683] For 

 biographies, see Marston, R. B. 1894.1; 

 Westwood, T. 1884.1; Zouch, T. 1790.1. 

 For a chronological list of editions of 



" The compleat angler," 1593-1893, see 

 Anon. 272, which should be credited 

 to D. B. Fearing. Also notes below. 



— ■ — The compleat angler or the 

 contemplative man's recreation. Being 

 a discourse of fish and fishing, not un- 

 worthy the perusal of most anglers, etc. 

 London, 1653. xvi, 246 p. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1653.1 



The editio princeps of this famous work 

 which has been reproduced many times and in 

 many forms. Westwood & Satchell in the body 

 of their work list 7 Pre-Linnaean and 79 Post- 

 Linnsean eds. prior to 1882, on all of which they 

 give some notes. These eds. they have either 

 examined or have definite records of. On p. 

 369-370, they give a "skeleton chronicle" of 7 

 Pre7 and 83 Post-Linnsean eds. to 1882, giving 

 place, publisher, editor (where possible) and 

 pages for each edition. Lists of eds. of the work 

 of the "Father of Angling" are also found in the 

 catalogue of the Bartlett collection. The Heck- 

 sher sale catalogue lists 171 items of the "Com- 

 pleat Angler" and gives collations, and in addi- 

 tion lists 71 items of Waltoniana. 



Cotton's name first appears in one of the 

 1676 eds. which is entitled as follows: 



The universal angler, made so, 



by three books of fishing. The first 

 by Mr. Izaak Walton; the second by 

 Charles Cotton Esq.; the third by Col. 

 Robert Venables. All which may be 

 bound together, or sold each of them 

 severally. London, 1676. 8°. 



Pre-Linn. 1676.1 



This is the fifth and last ed. published during 

 Walton's lifetime. The next bears date 1750 

 and is entitled: 



The compleat angler; or, con- 

 templative man's recreation. In two 

 parts. Containing I. A large and 

 particular account of rivers, fish-ponds, 

 fish and fishing: written by the in- 

 genious and celebrated Mr. Isaac Wal- 

 ton. II. The best and fullest instruc- 

 tions how to angle for a trout and 

 grayling in a clear stream. By Charles 

 Cotton, Esq. London, 1750. 12°. 



Pre-Linn. 1750.1 



Notable reprints are those of 1808, 1824, 

 1825, 1836, 1844 & 1881. For notes on these, 

 see Westwood & Satchell. In 1888, Marston 

 brought out his superb "Lea & Dove" ed., it 

 being the hundredth ed. of the "Compleat An- 

 gler." Pr&bably the best American reprint is 

 the 2-volume ed. issued at Boston in 1889. 



The only translation into a foreign tongue 

 known to us is: 



