[Rarebooks] FS: 1790 ed. of Nobbes' Compleat Troller (Fishing)

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling, With A Description
of all the Utensils, Instruments, Tackling, and Materials requisite
thereto: With Rules and Directions how to use them. As Also A Brief
Account of most of the Principal Rivers in England. By a Lover of the
Sport”

By Robert Nobbes.

Published in London, printed by T. James for Tho. Holder at the Angel in
Little Britain in 1790 [stated 1682, but this is the 1790 re-issue].

DISCUSSION: First published in 1682. Although Nobbes' book was not the
earliest English work on fishing, it was one of the most popular, and
Nobbes has been called "the Father of trollers". Republished in 1790 (this
edition) and again in 1805.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 3.5"x6", [17] 78 [2] pages. Several woodcut
illustrations in the text. 1 page list of other books published by Helder
on the last page. Bound in old full leather with gilt dentelles and an
elaborately blindstamped spine. Engraved bookplates of James Walsh and
Henry A. Sherwin, and the ownership label of H.S. Smith; another ownership
label removed from the endpaper.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers with some wear and rubbing, contents a bit
browned, with a small stain running down the upper portion of the outer
margin.  Late 19th century plain brown endpapers. Front endpaper detached
but present. Title page has some neatly inked light red/brown rules around
the margins and underlining the title which actually ends up looking a bit
handsome.

PRICE: $750-

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