Bibliography of fishing and angling materials at the Folger: Difference between revisions

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The Folger holds a number of early texts relating to fishing, from early "how-to" manuals to devotional tracts expanding on the Biblical "fishers of men" passages. Many are bound with other texts that concern hunting or agricultural pursuits. The list below is offered in chronological order.

Oppian, fl. 2nd cent. [Halieutica = "Of Fishing"]. [Opgianoy Anazarbe¯os Alieytik¯on biblia 5 ; Kyn¯egetikon biblia 4] = Oppiani Anazarbei De piscatu libri V ; De venatione libri IIII. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Adr. Turnebum [Adrien Turnèbe.] ..., 1555. Folger call number: Bd.w. PA4253.O72 B8 1555 Cage There is also a Latin translation of this text by Turnèbe.

Heresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576.

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-The Folger holds a number of early texts relating to fishing, from early "how-to" manuals to devotional tracts expanding on the Biblical "fishers of men" passages. The list below is offered in chronological order.
+The Folger holds a number of early texts relating to fishing, from early "how-to" manuals to devotional tracts expanding on the Biblical "fishers of men" passages. Many are bound with other texts that concern hunting or agricultural pursuits. The list below is offered in chronological order.
 Oppian, fl. 2nd cent. [''Halieutica'' = "Of Fishing"]. [''Opgianoy Anazarbe¯os Alieytik¯on biblia 5 ; Kyn¯egetikon biblia 4''] = ''Oppiani Anazarbei De piscatu libri V ; De  venatione libri IIII''. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Adr. Turnebum [Adrien Turnèbe.] ..., 1555. Folger call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=75678 Bd.w. PA4253.O72 B8 1555 Cage]
+There is also a [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=75679 Latin translation] of this text by Turnèbe.
+Heresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576.