An American edition of The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth An Angle, from The Boke of St. Albans by Dame Juliana Berners, A.D. 1496 ... Edited by Geo. W. Van Siclen
- SIGNED 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- New York: [Jas. L. Black], 1875
New York: [Jas. L. Black], 1875. First American edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rust colored cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, edges red. Fine copy, minor wear at head and tail of spine, with the bookplate of Walter Rutherford Peterson on the front pastedown. First American edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED by the editor Van Siclen to Chas H. Truax:
"Chas. H. Truax esq
"Compliments of the
"The American Editor."
This is actually only the third separate edition of "Fysshynge with an Angle" (which first appeared in The BOOK OF ST. ALBANS in 1496), preceded only by the Wynken de Worde edition of 1496 and the Pickering edition of 1827. This edition is dedicated to the Willewemoc Club It includes a preface by van Siclen, the preface of the Pickering edition, and a glossary. Bruns B137 & V27
"Chas. H. Truax esq
"Compliments of the
"The American Editor."
This is actually only the third separate edition of "Fysshynge with an Angle" (which first appeared in The BOOK OF ST. ALBANS in 1496), preceded only by the Wynken de Worde edition of 1496 and the Pickering edition of 1827. This edition is dedicated to the Willewemoc Club It includes a preface by van Siclen, the preface of the Pickering edition, and a glossary. Bruns B137 & V27