[6], 234 pp. Folding copper-engraved frontispiece. (12mo) 16.5x9.5 cm (6½x3¾"), period full calf, spine gilt, early rebacking with spine leather laid down. First Edition.
Saunders is noted as "the first angling author who mentions silk-worm gut." The charming frontispiece shows fishermen on and by a river engaging in different methods of fish catching, including net, pole, spear, and trident; at the top four varieties of fish are pictured. The plate is signed J.C. One of three variant imprints. ESTC T161343; Westwood & Satchell p.189.