Research Catalog

Title

The twelve flies : to which is affixed the discourse on how fishing brings man to a merry spirit, which makes a flowering age & a long one : from The treatise of fishing with an angle, which may be by Juliana Berners & was added to the new edition of The book of St. Albans by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496 / with woodcuts by Susan Mead Matthews.

Author

Berners, Juliana, 1388?-

Publication

[New York, NY] : Timken Editions, 1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Matthews, Susan Mead.
• Roustom, Elias.
• Bixler, Michael.
• Bixler, Winifred.
• Chadwick, Carolyn.
• Madureira, Sloane.
• Timken Editions. pbl

Description

[18] leaves : col. ill.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Treatise of fishing. Selections

Alternative Title

• Treatise of fishing.
• Discourse on how fishing brings man to a merry spirit.

Subjects

• Artist's books > United States > 20th century
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Blado
• Fishing > Early works to 1800
• Flies, Artificial > Early works to 1800
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Poliphilus

Genre/Form

• Artist's books – United States – 20th century.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Poliphilus.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Blado.

Note

• "The twelve flies celebrates the five-hundredth anniversary of the publication of The treatise of fishing with an angle, in an edition of 76 copies. Copies 1 through 50 are quarter cloth. A through Z are quarter bound in leather."--Colophon.
• Traditionally ascribed to Juliana Berners (or Berns or Barnes), supposedly prioress of the nunnery of Sopwell, near St. Albans, who "cannot be authoritatively identified"--Oxford DNB, retrieved June 6, 2011.
• "The excerpts from The treatise of fishing with an angle are reprinted here in the modernized version from The origins of angling by John McDonald, copyright 1963"--Colophon.
• "The monotype composition is by Michael and Winifred Bixler. The text is set in Poliphilus, the italic in Blado. The initials have been carved by Elias Roustom. The book is printed on Rives heavyweight, the end sheets are Twin Rocker Rotunda, and the boards have been covered with paper hand-painted by Sloane Madureira. Carolyn Chadwick bound the quarter leather edition ... Stephen Gardella ... tied the flies on which the woodcuts are based"--Colophon.
• Illustrations: 12 prints : woodcut, col. ; image 12 x 10 cm. -- 2 decorative initials.
• Leaves [2] and [17] printed on both sides.

Binding (note)

• Lettered copies: Publisher's quarter dark brown leather and marbled paper boards.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 11-105

OCLC

37286096

Author

Berners, Juliana, 1388?-

Title

The twelve flies : to which is affixed the discourse on how fishing brings man to a merry spirit, which makes a flowering age & a long one : from The treatise of fishing with an angle, which may be by Juliana Berners & was added to the new edition of The book of St. Albans by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496 / with woodcuts by Susan Mead Matthews.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Timken Editions, 1996.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is lettered V.

Binding

Lettered copies: Publisher's quarter dark brown leather and marbled paper boards.

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus on folded sheet laid in.

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Matthews, Susan Mead. Woodcutter

Roustom, Elias. Woodcutter

Bixler, Michael. Compositor

Bixler, Winifred. Compositor

Chadwick, Carolyn. Binder

Madureira, Sloane.

Timken Editions. Publisher

Added Title

Discourse on how fishing brings man to a merry spirit.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 11-105