Bibliography of fishing and angling materials at the Folger

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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.

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 ..., 1555. Folger call number: Bd.w. PA4253.O72 B8 1555 Cage