sertetlen: book-aesthete: Rat Catching - Smith (Robert) The Universal Dictionary for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats, and all other kinds of Four-Footed and Winged Vermin, 1768. First edition, 6 engraved plates, B-A note: I selected this book, not just because of the novelty of a Dictonary of Catching Rats, but because the auction it was listed in had 14 auction lots totalling no less than 25 rat- and other vermin-catching books ranging in publication date from 1668 to 2001. It seemed an odd thing to collect. But I suppose there are many strange collections in the world. Edit: Make that an ironic 15. While not actually about rat-catching, this was listed in the same auction. Hee. “deliverance from the romish faction” - i fear nothing nice happened to said faction next…

sertetlen:

book-aesthete:

Rat Catching - Smith (Robert) The Universal Dictionary for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats, and all other kinds of Four-Footed and Winged Vermin,
1768.

First edition, 6 engraved plates,

B-A note: I selected this book, not just because of the novelty of a Dictonary of Catching Rats, but because the auction it was listed in had 14 auction lots totalling no less than 25 rat- and other vermin-catching books ranging in publication date from 1668 to 2001. It seemed an odd thing to collect. But I suppose there are many strange collections in the world.


Edit: Make that an ironic 15. While not actually about rat-catching, this was listed in the same auction. Hee.

“deliverance from the romish faction” - i fear nothing nice happened to said faction next…