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The 1st ed. of this compilation, which was 

 many times republished. Other 15th century 

 eds.: Reggie d'Bmilia, 1482, 1496, & 1499; 

 Bologna, 1492. Copies of these early issues in 

 H., C, J. C, & H. B. H. 



Some later eds. are: Basel, 1521 & 1576; 

 Leyden, 1542, 1649, & 1604; Paris, 1545, 1569, 

 1581, & 1585; Dordrecht, 1619; Amsterdam, 

 1623, & 1730;Leipsic, 1735, & 1744; Mannheim, 

 1781; Biponti, 1782-'88; Leipsic, 1794-97. 



The most famous eds. are the last, by J. G. 

 Schneider, and those of Leipsic, 1735 and Bi- 

 ponti, 1787, by J. M. Gesner (Both in N. Y. P.). 



This compilation recounts some of the earliest 

 known efforts at pisciculture. 



For further references, see in this section: 

 Cato, Columella, Palladius, & Varro. 



• The sportsman's dictionary; or, 



the country gentleman's companion . . . 

 with fuU and particular instructions 

 for . . . fishing, etc. 2 vols. London, 

 1735. 4°. Anon. 779 



Other eds.: London, 1744, 1778, 1782, 1785, 

 1786 (Dublin), 1792, 1800, 1807. 



Treatise of fishing, with the art 



of angling. 1614. 4°. Anon. 780 



• lUt pisces compresso aere sub 



glacie Ptupidi reddantur.i Oecon. 

 Nachricht., 1754. 6. Anon. 781 



Von des Aals Laichen. Samml. 



Nat. u. Med., Kunst u. Litt.-Gesch. 

 Breslau, 1718, 1224. Anon. 782 



Von einem in Rom gef angenen 



Stohr. Samml. Nat. u. Med., Kunst u. 

 Litt.-Gesch. Breslau, 1718, 5. Vers., 

 1531. Anon. 783 



From Boehmer. Walbaimi says Tentam. 

 32, p. 433. 



Waidweryk . . . Fisch zufahen 



mitt Netzen, Reusen, Angeln, Kas- 

 ten . . . Und wie man alles darzu dien- 

 lich, bereytten, auffziehen, halten, und 

 machen soil. Augsburg, c. 1525. 20 

 leaves. 4°. Anon. 784 



Other eds. are: Strassburg, 1530, & Frank- 

 fort-a.-M., 1531. 



The whole art of fishing. Being 



a collection and improvement of all 

 that has been written upon this sub- 

 ject, with many new experiments . . . 

 To which is added the laws of anghng. 

 London, 1714. 112 p. 8°. Anon. 785 



Copy, N. Y. P. See also Anon. 748. 



Ein wunder kiinstreiches Buch- 



lin, wie man Fisch, Krebss, und Vogel 

 fahen soil. Mit gar vil bewehrten Re- 

 cepten, etc. Von vil erfarnen Weyd- 

 leiiten, und Fischern, von neuwem 

 zugericht, etc. Und auch hie bey zu 

 welcher Zeit ein yeder Fisch am besten 

 ist. Strassburg, c. 1531. 24 p. 12°. 



Anon. 786 



Another ed. with almost identical title, Bern, 

 1552. 8°. 



This is a translation of the early Flemish 

 treatise on fishing commonly designated as 

 "Boecxken" (Anon. 719), printed in black letter 

 about 1492. On the last page of the 1552 edi- 

 tion is an interesting list of nicknames and 

 similitudes of fish. 



