The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recretaion

Walton, Isaac & Cotton, Charles & Hawkins, John

Published by Francis & Rivington, United Kingdom, 1784

About this Item

hardback, the fourth and best edition, octavo, a later binding in quarter calf, preserving earlier leather boards and with renewed endpapers. Gilt title to spine. Armorial bookplate of a previous owner, likely Joseph Brocklebank, to the front pastedown, the body of text unmarked & the binding tight. This copy contains a trimmed and mounted frontis, and nine of fourteen plates, but additionally has some 200 carefully trimmed and titled copper engravings mounted on both sides of thirty-two leaves at the end of the volume. We believe these to be John Johnston's engravings from Historiae Naturalis, published first in 1657.

Seller Inventory # 291328

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recretaion
• Publisher: Francis & Rivington, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1784
• Language: English
• Binding: hardback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket