The art of angling.
Richard Brookes (1721-1763)
Category
Books
Date
1770
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3082346
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,299,[5]p.,plate . ill.. . 12mo.. Extensive manuscript notes on front flyleaves concerning methods of feeding fish. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Scarsdale". Binding: Eighteenth-century full leather binding; double gilt fillet border; five raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Brookes's Art of Angling".
Makers and roles
Richard Brookes (1721-1763)