Signed Limited Edition: The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation - Extracts concerning coarse fishing

Walton, Izaac

Published by Hanborough Parrot, Oxford, 1990

About this Item

Hardcover. Condition: Fine: Copy 63 of an edition of 135 drawn by Wilton Priestner; printed by the Didcot Press on Zerkall mould-made paper; very clean and straight pictorial boards with four sharp corners and lettered spine with hard tips; pristine pictorial paste downs and end papers with no previous owner's marks or gift dedication; very clean and tight uncut text block with many attractive line drawings. Contents: The First Part: being a discourse on fish and fishing not unworthy of the perusal of most anglers; Day one, chapter one: piscator, venator, auceps; Day two, chapter two: observations of the otter and chub; Day three, chapter three: How to fish for, and to dress, the chavender, or chub; chapter four: observations of the nature and breeding of the trout, and how to fish for him. And the milk maid's song. Day four, chapter 12: observations of the perch, and directions (on) how to fish for him; chapter thirteen: observations of the eel, and other fish that want scales and how to fish for them. No dust jacket was produced by the publishers. A rare copy of this classic work.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Signed Limited Edition: The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation - Extracts concerning coarse fishing
• Publisher: Hanborough Parrot, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine