Doyle New York
Lot 4
[FISHERIES and FISHING]A Collection of Advertisements, Advices, and Directions, Relating to the Royal Fishery within the British Seas, &c. Transcribed Out of divers English Writers, Observators, and other Experimentors of, and in the said Fishery Trade. And, By Approbation and Allowance of the Company of the Royal Fishery of England. London: printed for H.M. and to be sold by J. Whitlock, 1695. First edition. Old sprinkled calf by W. Pratt, spine with piscatorial motifs. 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (18.5 x 14.5 cm); [ii], 71, [1] pp. Upper and lower margins trimmed, with some loss to numeration, few marginal repairs, as well as expert preservation of title and last page. With the book label of noted fishing collector and bibliographer, Dean Sage; together with DRUMMOND, JOHN, Merchant. The accomptant's pocket-companion: a manual, instructing merchants, gentlemen of estates and others to begin their books, carry on their Business, and make a Ballance; where nothing is omitted which can occur in the Course of Trade. To which is added, the method of catching and curing cod-fish, ling, tusk, seath and white herrings, with Tables shewing the Charges and Profits on Fishing, and Directions about boyling Oyl. Edinburgh: s.n., 1718. Leather-backed boards. 7 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (18.25 x 14.5 cm); iv, 38, [2] pp.; engraved plate and folding chart. About fine.Two exceedingly rare books on fishing, one from the library of one of the foremost collectors of angling literature.No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report