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

TREATISES ON HAWKING, HUNTING, AND HERALDRY.

PRINTED AT ST. ALBANS BY THE SCHOOLMASTER-PRINTER IN 1486.

With an Introduction by WILLIAM BLADES, 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. BLADES’ Preface, which treats at length, in separate chapters, of the AUTHORSHIP, TYPOGRAPHY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, SUBJECT-MATTER, and PHILOLOGY of the Work.

As THE BOOK OF SAINT ALBANS is the Work in which THE TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE 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.