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edition is known to exist. But the possessor of it, 

 Mr Alfred Denison, in 1872 had it translated into 

 English and printed twenty-five copies only. One 

 of these it has been my good fortune to see, and a 

 very curious little volume it is. A small quarto of 

 two sheets only, the first sheet having no signature ; 

 the second has "Bi " on the first leaf, and a full 



AN ANGLER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTUEY. 



page contains thirty lines. It is adorned with half 

 a dozen quaint woodcuts, one of which is here 

 reproduced from a tracing. It begins : — 



"This little book shows how birds may be 

 caught with the hands. And how fish may be 

 caught with the hands and also otherwise. And 

 also at what time of the year it is best for every- 

 body to fish." 



