Sale 21BP03 | Lot 70

[ANGLING-BERNERS, DAME JULIANA] ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING. Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. From the Book of St. Albans. With an Introductory Essay on the Contemplative Man's favorite recreation.

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Lot 70
[ANGLING-BERNERS, DAME JULIANA] ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING. Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. From the Book of St. Albans. With an Introductory Essay on the Contemplative Man's favorite recreation.
New York: Scribner's, 1903. "Printed at the Gilliss Press from type cast specially for this book, patterned after the traditional old character first used by Wynkyn de Worde" in the 1496 edition. First American edition, one of 160 copies. Original gilt stamped vellum with ties (two intact, one broken, one lost), later card slipcase. 8 x 6 inches (21 x 15 cm); printed in black and red on handmade paper, in text illustrations. Beyond the broken ties with is a very fine copy, booklabel of Austin S. Hogan laid-in.

A fine production in a low limitation, infrequent at auction.


C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

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