The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing. In Two Parts: The First written by Mr. Izaak Walton, The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq; With The Lives Of The Authors, And Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions.
Published by London: Printed for John, Francis, and Charles Rivington, 1784.
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Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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2 Parts in 1. 8vo. pp. lxxxii, 267, [1]; xxiii, 111, [1]blank, [10]index. 16 engraved plates (incl. portrait of Cotton by Ryland after Lely, 2 of music & 13 others most engraved by Ryland after S. Wale). 17 engravings of fish in text. 3 text woodcuts. several text woodcuts. woodcut ornaments. modern half morocco (light foxing to outer leaves). Fourth Hawkins Edition, with a new memoir of Cotton by Hawkins replacing that of Oldys. An account of fish taken by a gentleman in Wales from 1753 to 1764 is added to the Appendix, and also an Ecloga piscatoria, a Metastasio, ut dicitur. Coigney 13 (incorrect plate count). Oliver 13. Slater p. 28 (calling for only 15 plates). Westwood & Satchell p. 223. cfStarkman & Read p. 110.
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- Title
- The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing. In Two Parts: The First written by Mr. Izaak Walton, The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq; With The Lives Of The Authors, And Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions.
- Author
- WALTON, Isaak [1593-1683] & Charles COTTON [1630-1687].
- Publisher
- London: Printed for John, Francis, and Charles Rivington, 1784.
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D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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