The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation (2 Vols)

WALTON Izaak and COTTON Charles

Published by Samuel Bagster and Sons Limited, 1893

About this Item

(2 Vols). Lt-green cover w. gilt bird motif on front. White leather spine, w. gilt title and gilt fish motif. Spine discoloured, but sound. Btm edge bumped. TEG. Remaining edges rough-cut. Integral ribbon marker. Slight age-toning to endpapers. Small ink ownership inscription on ffep. No.112 of a Limited Edition of 350 copies. Frontispiece to both vols. w. paper guard. A discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing with an abridgment of the Lives of the authors by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. Edited, with notes from a naturalist's point of view by J E Harting, Librarian of the Linnean Society of London. With 53 illustrations, inc. etchings by Percy Thomas, RPE, from paintings by John Linnell, Senior, and engravings of riverside animals and birds by G E Lodge. Vol I: (i-xix), 245 pp. Contents. List of illustrations. Preface. Memoir of Izaak Walton. Dedication to John Offley. Izaak Walton's address to the reader, foll. by the text. Vol II: 243 pp. Index at rear. Both vols. illustrated w. attractive b&w plates, inc. illustrations of various kinds of fish at rear of Vol II. All plates w. paper guard. Angling. (Note: Heavy volumes, postage at cost).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation (2 Vols)
• Publisher: Samuel Bagster and Sons Limited
• Publication Date: 1893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: V. Good