[20], 78, [2] pp. (12mo) With 2 small woodcuts in the text. (12mo) 14.5x8.5 cm (5¼x3½") later red half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. First Edition.
With broken type in the lowest bar of the 'E' in the fourth line of the title; ESTC considers this a 'Counterfeit' edition: "There is a paginary reprint of the same date, said to be a counterfeit, printed in a smaller and lighter type." -- Pforzheimer catalogue. "Nobbes is commonly called 'the father of trollers', but from the honorific title, we are by no means to infer that he was the earliest writer on that branch of the sport." -- Westwood & Satchell, p.156. ESTC R17278. This copy from the libraries of Lord Spencer and Alfred Denison.
Condition:
Light wear to binding, notes on endpapers; foxing, a few leaves at rear chipped at edges, touching line ends in some spots; very good.