BOWLKER'S ART OF ANGLING: Greatly enlarged and improved; containing directions for fly-fishing, trolling, bottom-fishing, making artificial flies, etc. etc.
(1758?) 1826 later edition. 12mo (110 x 175mm). Pp145. Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of flies, text engravings. Publisher's printed boards.
"The first edition appeared in the name of Richard Bowlker, the father, but in the second Charles Bowlker seems to lay claim to the work... The son died at Ludlow, 31 December 1779; he was considered the most finished fly-fisher of his day." (Westwood and Satchell).
"The first edition appeared in the name of Richard Bowlker, the father, but in the second Charles Bowlker seems to lay claim to the work... The son died at Ludlow, 31 December 1779; he was considered the most finished fly-fisher of his day." (Westwood and Satchell).
£200.00
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Book Code
60027
| Author | Bowlker (Richard and Charles). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 60027 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Newly recased in original boards with new cloth spine. Text-block very clean and a very good copy. Small bookplate of Jeffrey Norton. Very nice contemporary ownership inscription of Joseph Dickinson, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 4/22/1826. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1826 |
| Publisher | Procter and Jones. |
| Place | Ludlow. |