« The hound some praise and some the Hawk:
Some better pleased with private sport, Use tennis some a Mistress court:
But these delights I neither wish Nor envy while I freely fish. »
William Andrew Chatto, The Angler’s Souvenir, 1845
Fishing & Angling
in drawings prints and books
- Herring (in a fishing house on Rügen), Smoking
- Heyn, Ernst Friedrich. Fishermen hauling in their nets on Lake Zurich
- So strange :
Hogarth, William. Shrimps! The crab-girl - Keller, Ferdinand. Dolce Far Niente
- The Fishing Experience in Canada :
King, W(illiam). Ross. The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada - Mönchgut – Mönchgut Costumes (at the fishing boats on the beach)
- Neustadt Fishing Boats
- Nile – Heterotis nilotica. Westafrican Arowana
- Oyster Culture on Santa Lucia in Naples (Ludwig Dill)
- Pomeranian Fisherman patching the Nets
and a topical selection within the listing
“ I purchased this set (Leonardo’s Anatomical Studies) from you at the beginning of this year (recte already in 2011). The books are one of my prized possessions … and thank you again for being a part of this special section of my library … ”
(Mr. M. W., December 19, 2012)