The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Mans Recreation. Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing. In Two Parts The First Written by Mr. Isaac Walton The Second By Charles Cotton Esq. With The Lives Of The Authors. By Sir John Hawkins.

Walton, Isaac & Charles Cotton.

Published by Printed for Samuel Bagster,, London:, 1808

About this Item

Pagination: vi, 512p. Quarter modern calf over marbled boards gilt rules to spine and title on black label. Fine binding. A few plates with minor foxing but overall a very nice copy clean and crisp with large margins. Illustrations: Seventeen full-page plates and numerous text illustrations. One of the most often reprinted books in English literature and the most famous book on fishing ever printed. A celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. It was first published in 1653 and Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. In 1676 Charles Cotton, Waltons friend and fellow angler added to his work and completed his instruction in fly fishing and the making of flies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Mans Recreation. Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing. In Two Parts The First Written by Mr. Isaac Walton The Second By Charles Cotton Esq. With The Lives Of The Authors. By Sir John Hawkins.
• Publisher: Printed for Samuel Bagster,, London:
• Publication Date: 1808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Seventh edition. First Bagster edition.