A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle / Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496
COMPANION VOLUME TO THE “TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE.”
In the Press, and shortly will be Published, uniform with “The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle,”
A FACSIMILE OF THE BOOK OF SAINT ALBANS, B Y D AME JULIANA BERNERS. CONTAINING THE TREATISES ON HAWKING, HUNTING, AND HERALDRY.
PRINTED AT ST. ALBANS BY THE SCHOOLMASTER-PRINTER IN 1486.
With an Introduction by W ILLIAM B LADES , Author of the “Life and Typography of Caxton.”
This facsimile is faithfully reproduced by photography; it is being printed on rough hand-made paper similar to that of the original, and will be bound in handsome contemporary binding. The interest and value of this reproduction will be greatly enhanced by Mr. B LADES’ Preface, which treats at length, in separate chapters, of the A UTHORSHIP , T YPOGRAPHY , B IBLIOGRAPHY , S UBJECT -M ATTER , and P HILOLOGY of the Work.
As T HE B OOK OF S AINT A LBANS is the Work in which T HE T REATYSE OF F YSSHYNGE WYTH AN A NGLE was incorporated on its first publication, its possession by the Subscribers to the latter should be secured, in order to complete the set of “dyuerse bokys concernynge to gentyll and noble men.”
A full Prospectus concerning the publication of “The Book of Saint Albans” will be sent on application to
ELLIOT STOCK, 62 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C.
A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle.
BY DAME JULIANA BERNERS: BEING A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF FISHING PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY WYNKYN DE WORDE AT WESTMINSTER IN 1496.
REV. M. G. WATKINS, M.A.