Lot 34
- 34
Cole, Ralph
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or, A new and complete treatise of the art of angling ... to which is now added a new and successful method of trolling and laying trimmers ... together with the best method of smelt-fishing ... never before treated on. London: R. Bassam, et al., 1795
- Paper, ink, leather
12mo (5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.; 138 x 85 mm). Engraved folding frontispiece; repairs to verso of frontispiece. Original boards with later green calf spine; spine toned, endpapers renewed.
Provenance
George A. Brakeley (bookplate to front endpaper)
Literature
ESTC 006005547; Heckscher, 475; Westwood & Satchell, 62
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION, with frontispiece in three compartments, one depicting a quaint vignette of four anglers, and the remaining two with bait and fishes. Frontispiece in folding state, rather than cut, as is frequently the case with rebound copies. Ownership inscription to the verso of the frontispiece reading: "Mrs. Mary Elwood, her Book given her by a friend to teach her Angling."