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. 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 The Folger also holds a Latin translation of this text by Turnèbe.


Heresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576. [Rei rusticae libri quatuor = Agriculture in Four Books]. Rei rusticae libri quatuor, vniuersam rusticam disciplinam complectentes : vnâ cum appendice oraculorum rusticorum coronidis vice adiecta ; item, De venatione, aucupio atque piscatione compendium, in vsum heroum patrumq[ue] familiâs ruri agentium concinnatum / auctore DD. Conrado Heresbachio Iurisconsulto ... Coloniae: Apud Ioannem Birckmannum [Johann Birckmann], 1570.