Fishers Craft Lettered Art (33 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1997). 1997 1st edition. Paperback issue. 8vo paperback (152 x 229mm). Ppxv,404. B/w illustrations, bibliography. Slightly used but very good. Hoffmann makes available early European angling texts which predate any of the previously known, largely English, works. "How To Catch Fish", Heidelberg, 1493; "Tegernsee Fishing Advice", ca 1500; Basurto's "Dialogo", 1539. Plenty of good recipes for boilies here. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 1997). 1997 1st edition. Paperback issue. 8vo paperback (152 x 229mm). Ppxv,404. B/w illustrations, bibliography. Fine unread copy. Hoffmann makes available early European angling texts which predate any of the previously known, largely English, works. "How To Catch Fish", Heidelberg, 1493; "Tegernsee Fishing Advice", ca 1500; Basurto's "Dialogo", 1539. Plenty of good recipes for boilies here. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

Condition: Good. Volume 12. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780802078537.

Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket: As Issued. First Edition, First Printing. 404 pp. "Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First paperback edition. Some light soiling on top edge, previous owner's name on front endpage, else very good in illustrated wraps.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very slight wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Tight, bright, clean copy with no markings inside or out. "As new".

Soft cover. Condition: As New. pbk 403pp an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket: As Issued. First Edition, First Printing. 404 pp. "Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. Hardcover issue. 8vo (155 x 235mm). Ppxv,404. B/w illustrations, bibliography. Brown decorative cloth, printed in black. Slight spotting to edges else fine unread copy. Hoffmann makes available early European angling texts which pre-date any of the previously known, largely English, works. "How To Catch Fish", Heidelberg, 1493; "Tegernsee Fishing Advice", ca 1500; Basurto's "Dialogo", 1539. Plenty of good recipes for boilies here. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 45.00.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Revised Edition. Original stiff card covers; in very good shape; no tears, chips or creases, just mildly rubbed and edge-worn. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: new.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 408.

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Condition: New. An edition and translation of three late medieval tracts on fishing: "How to Catch a Fish" (Heidelberg, 1493); "Tegernsee Fishing Advice" (Bavaria, ca. 1500); and "Dialogue Between a Hunter and a Fisher" by the Aragonese Fernando Basurto (1539). Editor(s): Hoffmann, Richard C. Series: Toronto Mediaeval Texts & Translations S. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636. . 1997. 2nd Revised ed. paperback. . . . . …

Paperback. Condition: New. Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians. Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art is a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages.…

Condition: New. An edition and translation of three late medieval tracts on fishing: "How to Catch a Fish" (Heidelberg, 1493); "Tegernsee Fishing Advice" (Bavaria, ca. 1500); and "Dialogue Between a Hunter and a Fisher" by the Aragonese Fernando Basurto (1539). Editor(s): Hoffmann, Richard C. Series: Toronto Mediaeval Texts & Translations S. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636. . 1997. 2nd Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 408.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. An edition and translation of three late medieval tracts on fishing: How to Catch a Fish (Heidelberg, 1493) Tegernsee Fishing Advice (Bavaria, ca. 1500) and Dialogue Between a Hunter and a Fisher by the Aragonese Fernando Basurto (1539).&Uum.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians. Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art is a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians. Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art is a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages.…

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1st edition hardback in decorated cloth As New octavo xv + 403pp., frontis., illusts., map, appends., bibliog., index, 'makes available three large works of instruction on how to catch fish, produced in Europe around 1500, and tries to reconstruct the material, ecological, social, and cultural settings in which they must be read'.…