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The Angling Treatyse and its Mysteries (Books and Videos)
Description of this book NOW IN STOCK The entire 500-year history of British angling literature is in a direct line of descent from a book that has caused more controversy than any other since. Almost nothing is known with certainty about The Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. It is not known beyond reasonable doubt who wrote it, when it was written, where it was written or where it was published. There is little solid evidence to support the idea that it was written by a prioress called “Juliana Berners”, although some commentators say it would be unchivalrous to deny her authorship. Its style suggests it was written several decades before its publication, but it is not certain that it was written in England – it could have been written on the Continent. Some say its place of publication was the city of St. Albans, but others have said there was no printing press there and the “St. Albans” was a house in the precincts of Westminster Abbey where Wynkyn de Worde had his printing business.Some 30 years ago Hugh Falkus and Fred Buller set out on a mission to see what they could make of all this. There is one thing they did know about The Treatyse, and that is what the text had to say. Despite being written in the rather obscure vocabulary and syntax of the 15th century, they knew that the text was insightful and intelligent. The author knew her or his subject and wrote from experience and with considerable wisdom. The first thing Hugh and Fred did was to prepare their own rendering of the text into modern English, bringing to the task their own vast knowledge of angling past and present. Secondly, they applied their considerable knowledge of fishing tackle and its manufacture to trying various experiments in replicating the tackle described in The Treatyse, particularly the rod that it recommended. They also had the dozen flies described in the book specially tied and then painted.Finally, they explored the evidence for and against the various opinions of the book’s origins. Broadly favouring the traditional interpretations, they found fascinating reasons for accepting that it could have been written by “The Dame” at Sopwell, near the City of St. Albans.All of this has now been put together by Fred Buller, with help from Jack Heddon, Malcolm Greenhalgh, David Beazley, Professor Stephen Downes and Denys Ovenden. The result is a volume which celebrates the first, and in the opinion of some, the most significant book on angling in English or any other language. It does not settle the arguments about its origins, but it does succeed in bringing to life the richness and continuing appeal of this wonderful relic of angling’s early days and links us most intimately with its times.“It may be only coincidence, but it was in 1461, and at the (second) Battle of St Albans that the first Lord Berners, a Yorkist, was captured by Margaret of Anjou (she-wolf of France, the Queen of mad King Henry VI and inspirer of the Lancastrian faction). It was a messy battle; the Yorkists had erected complex defences including, if I recall correctly, masses of netting in which it was hoped Margaret’s troops would be entangled. But the Lancastrians attacked from the flank down St Peter’s Street, won the town, captured many of their enemies and rescued poor demented Henry, prisoner of the Yorkists, who had spent the battle laughing and singing. Further, after the battle, the Queen’s troops ‘ransacked both the town and the convent’ (E.F. Jacob, Oxford History of England, vol. VI, page 524). This must surely have been Sopwell. If Juliana Berners was indeed prioress of Sopwell, 1461 must have been an interesting year.” (From the Notes of Stephen Downes) 224 Pages • 12 Colour illustrations plus numerous black and white halftones and line drawings • Fully bound in leather • Marbled endpapers • Gilt top edge • Silk marker ribbon • Slipcase • Limited edition of 350 copies only. Book Title: Dame Juliana, the Angling Treatyse and its Mysteries Author: Buller, Fred and Falkus, H. Edition: Standard editionAvailability: This book is available Price UK: £79.00 Price US: $118.00 Categories for this book: Historic.
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Books where there is an input by the great Hugh Falkus and Fred Buller just can not be missed.
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