The Complete Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Two Parts. The First by Izaak Walton, The Second by Charles Cotton. (The Complete Angler: Part II. Being Instructions How To Angle For A Trout Or Grayling In A Clear Stream.).

Size of binding: 2 1/2" x 3 7/8"; advertisement page for Stothard/Walton's Angler; titlepage, xvi, 314 pp. (with second titlepage for Cotton work at p. 226) + (4)pp. with Note A & B and Index with "Printed by Thomas White" at bottom of page. Several small woodcut illustrations of fish in the text. Height of page: 3 1/2". Rebound at a later date with edges not trimmed down from the original binding. Binding from the 1890-1920 period features gray, ribbed and watered silk over boards, with a red/brown morocco leather title label with gilt titling, mounted on the spine. Silk shows a little age-related tanning. Yellow/tan glazed paper (later) endpapers. Text is generally clean & unspotted, book edges show age-related darkening. Scan shows the binding. A fairly well-preserved copy of this near-miniature edition, whose "Diamond" type is quite sharp and readable.