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Lot 18JJ01 44
Lot Details
Lot 44
BROOKES, R.[ICHARD] The Art of Angling.
London: printed for T. Lowndes, in Fleet Street, 1766. Period brown calf. First edition in this form, the third overall. 6 3/4 x 4 inches; viii, 293, [11] pp. ads, , frontispiece, and with wood engraved cuts in the text. Light wear. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Turton.
The first edition presumed to be edited by Moses Browne, with 136 cuts of fish scattered throughout the text. Hecksher 294.
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Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $125 (includes buyer's premium)
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