A Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds under the following heads, viz. I. Of the situation and disposition of the principal waters. ...VI. Of the Benefits and Improvements by fish. Done by a person of honour.
by [NORTH, The Hon. Roger]
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About This Item
London: Printed for E. Curll 1713, 1713. First edition. 8vo. 176x110mm. pp. [8], 79, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with four raised bands, second compartment with red morocco label lettered in gilt. In excellent condition. Internally very good with some browning and foxing, slightly heavier to title page. Attractively decorated with a variety of head and tailpieces and wood engraved initials. Front pastedown has ownership inscription: "E.Kynaston. 1743". A very nice copy of "the principal English work of early date on fish culture". Roger North was a politician and lawyer ("one of only two honest lawyers I ever knew" according to the Earl of Clarendon). On his retirement from public affairs in 1688, North retired to Norfolk where he devoted his time to music (he wrote extensively on music theory), architecture and the organisation of his estate at Rougham. This small book on Fish and Fish-ponds was intended as a guide for other landowners who "have a Mind to divert themselves with the most reasonable employment of beautifying and improving their own estates". It was a popular book, further editions appearing in 1714, 1715 and 1726.
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- Voewood Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3894
- Title
- A Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds under the following heads, viz. I. Of the situation and disposition of the principal waters. ...VI. Of the Benefits and Improvements by fish. Done by a person of honour.
- Author
- [NORTH, The Hon. Roger]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for E. Curll 1713
- Date Published
- 1713
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Voewood Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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