[6], 154 pp. Half-title present. Hand-colored lithographed frontispiece; woodcuts in the text. 16.6x10.5 cm (6½x4¼"), modern half calf and marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt at ends, red morocco lettering piece.

Widely-read and influential little fishing manual. The 1758 first edition was credited to Richard Bowlker, but in later editions his son Charles claimed credit for the work. Westwood & Satchell pp. 39-40.