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The angler; : a poem, in ten cantos. Comprising proper instructions in the art, with rules to choose fishing rods, lines, hooks, floats, baits, and to make artificial flies; receipts for pastes, &c. &c. Embellished with upwards of twenty beautiful wood-cuts. / By T.P. Lathy ...
| Main Author: | Lathy, Thomas Pike, 1771-1841. |
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| Language(s): | English |
| Published: |
London: : Printed for J.H. Burn ..., 1820. |
| Subjects: |
Fishing
> Poetry.
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| Note: |
"Lathy perpetrated a successful plagiaristic fraud ... the poem was copied almost in toto from 'The anglers. Eight dialogues in verse,' London, 1758 ... by 'Dr. Thomas Scott of Ispwich.'"--DNB. Signatures: A-I¹²K¹²(K2+[chi] 1)L⁶M⁴(-M4). C5 is signed C3; E5 is signed F5. Printer's imprint at end: W. Shackell, printer ... London. A reissue, with cancel t.p., of the edition published: London, 1819. References: Westwood, T. Bibliotheca piscatoria, p. 131. |
| Physical Description: |
xxi, [3], 194, [5], 198-234 p., [1] leaf of plates :
ill., port. ;
18 cm. (12mo)
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| Original Format: | Book |
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