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![ANGELUs (Christopher): CuristopHER ANGELL, ETC.—continued. S.T.C. 636, three copies listed. (4) The Greek edition of the preceding piece. Ex officina Cantrelli Legge Academiae Cantabrigiensis Typographi, 1619. Bound in at the front of the volume is a single folded leaf, containing certificates of Chris- topher Angel’s good character from various persons. Angel was a native of the Peloponnesus, who was persecuted by the Turkish governor of Athens. Having been released from prison at the request of some of the archonti, he sailed in an English ship for Yarmouth in 1608. The clergy of Norwich received him hospitably, and he was sent by the bishop to Trinity College, Cambridge. He moved, for the sake of his health, to Oxford in 1610, where he studied at Balliol, read Greek with the younger students, and died 1 Feb., 1638, leaving the character of “a pure Greek and an honest and harmless man.” [334] ANGLING. [CHETHAN (Vames).] THE ANcLER’s VapE Mecum; or, A Compendous, yet full, Discourse of Angling: Discovering the aptest Methods and Ways, exactest Rules, properest Baits, and choicest Experiments for the catching all manner of fresh-water Fish, etc. First Epirion. Small 8vo. Old green morocco gilt, g. e. London, for Tho. Bassett, 1681. #7 10s From the Denison collection. Several margins repaired. The first edition was published anonymously. Chethan’s prefaces are in Diogenes’ vein, curt and caustic; he escapes from the category of manual makers, and takes rank as one of the original writers of the sport. He is indebted, indeed, to his forerunners, but acknowledges it; he improves on their systems, and calls attention to the fact. He is never servile, nor plagiaristic, always honest, sometimes a little surly. [335] ———— NOBBES (Robert). Tue Comprar Trotter: or, the Art of Troll- ing. With a Description of all the Utensils, Instruments, Tackling, and Materials requisite thereto. With Rules and Directions how to use them. As also a brief Account of most of the Principal Rivers in England. First Eprrion. Small 8vo. Original calf (joint repaired). London, T. James for Tho. Helder, 1682. £8 158 Nobbes is commonly called “The father of trollers.’ He was the earliest to discourse at large on the subject, though others had preceded him with brief references. Prefixed are two commendatory poems, also two original ones by Nobbes himself: “On the Antiquity and Invention of Fishing, and its Praise in general” (6 pp.), and “ The Fisherman’s Wish” (1 page). [336[ APULEIUS. Tue XI. Booxes or THE GoLpEN Asse: Containing the Meta- morphosie of Lucius Apuleius, interlaced with sundry pleasant delectable Tales : With an excellent Narration of the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, set out in the fourth, fifth and sixth Bookes. Translated out of Latine into English, by William Adlington. Brack Lerrer. Small 4to. Full brown morocco, g.e. London, Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorn, 1639. 21 Sc. 720, Adlington’s translation of ApuLErus was frequently used by Shakespeare, especially in Macbeth. oe](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31642123_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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