First edition. Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates. 24mo. Contemporary quarter roan over marbled boards, gilt; spine worn and a little wormed, gilt faded, top right-hand corner of title-page missing (with the ‘e’ and ‘r’ of ‘Anglers’ lost). A small, handsome advert for ‘John Higginbotham, Fishing-Rod-Maker’ (with woodcut illustration of a fish) is pasted to the back of the frontispiece. vi, 7-108pp. London: pr. for R. Bassam, 1795.
A rare and attractive late 18th century work on fishing. ESTC locates three holdings in the UK and six in North America.
