The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; Being a Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science: Wherein Are Detailed, a Great Variety of Original Practices and Inventions; Together with All that Can Contribute to the Sportsman's Amusement and Success.; Illustrated with engravings.
London: Printed for Payne and MacKinlay and Cuthell and Martin, 1808. First edition. Tall 12mo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches). xi, 316 pp. 10 plates of fish and tackle. Extra-illustrated with six additional angling related plates from other sources, two hand-colored. Westwood & Satchell, p. 241: "Essentially original." Heckscher..... More