The Origins of Angling - Used

An Inquiry into the Early History of Fly Fishing with a New Printing of The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle by John McDonald From the introduction: The primary justification for this book is that The Treatyse of Fishing with an Angle, the first writing on modern sport fishing, has long been out of print. As it is the first, and as no better essay on fishing has been written, it should always be in print. For most of two centuries, the fifteenth and sixteenth, it was alone the standard work on the sport and put its stamp on all subsequent history. In the ages before the treatise almost nothing is known about the sport. Since the treatise is a dramatic historical event, seemingly coming from the blue, we have looked into a number of questions surrounding it: the origins and history of fishing and to some extent of hunting; the mystery of Dame Juliana Berners, the legendary nun and sportswoman to whom the treatise is attributed; the deciphering of the dressings for the first known modern trout flies; and other matters. Thus the treatise became the starting point for a wider review of the sport. Lyons & Burford, Publishers, New York 1963 Hardbound. 273 pages 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. Near new condition - minimal sign of wear, price sticker on front cover. Contents Introduction PART ONE Chapter 1. The Treatyse of Fishing with an Angle in History Chapter 2. Modernized Text of the Earliest Surviving Version of the Treatyse (From the Manuscript: 1450) Chapter 3. Modernized Text of the First Printed Version of the Treatyse (From the Second Book of St. Albans: 1496 Chapter 4. The Legend of Dame Juliana Chapter 5. The First Modern Trout Flies PART TWO Chapter 6. Facsimile, with Transcript, of the Yale Wagstaff Manuscript of the Treatyse Chapter 7. Description and History of the Manuscript Chapter 8. Facsimile, with Transcript, of the First Printed Text of the Treatyse Chapter 9. Comparison of Manuscript with First Printed Version of the Treatyse APPENDIXES Appendix A. Prologue to Master of the Game (c. 1406), Modernized Appendix B. Prologue to The Art of Falconry (c. 1245), Translated from the Latin Appendix C. Text of William Burton in which Dame Juliana was First Identified as a Nun and Noblewoman