The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton

An illustrated copy of this classic pastoral discourse on the joys of fishing from Izaak Walton. An illustrated copy of this classic treatise on fishing, edited here by John Major and decorated with engravings.In the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated with gilt illustrations to the front board.With eight original tissue-guarded etchings and many in-text wood engravings. Collated, complete.'The Complete Angler' is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse, first published in 1653 and written by Izaak Walton. This copy includes the additions made by English poet and writer Charles Cotton to the fifth edition in 1676.Major was an English publisher, best known for his popular illustrated editions of this work as well as Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress' and others.Undated, dated from a similar copy held institutionally. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the spine head. With a few marks to the boards and fading to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the first and last couple leaves. Good.…