Treatyse of fysshynge with an Angle

[Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1903] One of 150 copies on paper, 125 of which were for sale, printed by Hornby at the Ashendene Press with type set by Hornby and Meysey Turton. 25 morocco-bound copies on vellum, 20 of which were for sale, were also printed. Full limp vellum with gilt lettered spine. Octavo. With a woodcut of an angler on page two and text woodcuts on six pages, all copied from the original Treatyse, which was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496. Also with Subiaco type initials, the first in red, and the Ashendene Press device on the final page. Twentieth century bookplate on front pastedown of art collector C.F.J. Beausire. A fine, clean copy (truncated) with the second half of an ALS from Ashendene Press founder Charles St. John Hornby, on his personal stationery headed with the address of his house Chantmarle in Dorset, laid in. In the ALS included with the present book, Hornby discusses his choice of Subiaco type initials. He writes: "I am glad you like the Subiaco type. I think it has a wonderful nobility, and it is besides very good to read." (Inventory #: 16770)