Walton, Izzak; and Cotton, Charles (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. First Thus. Bethune ed. Head & heel of spine worn, internal hinges repaired Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. A remarkable collection of four famous early books on Angling, with contemporary manuscript table of contents, in a fine restored contemporary binding housed in an ornate clam-shell case. With the separately published The Compleat Angler Part II, in period binding. Five volumes in Two. The Collected Edition. Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man s Recreation. Being a discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish and Fishing. To which is added the Laws of Angling: with a new Table of the Particulars in this Book. The Third Edition much enlarged. London: Printed by J. G[rismond]. for Rich. Marriot, at his shop in St. Dunstans Church yard, Fleet-street, 1661. The volume is paginated as follows: [16], 255, [17] p. The volume collates as follows: A-S8 Complete. Third Edition, State A. An additional Third Edition was printed in 1664 (State B) with a cancel title page. With the engraved illustrations of fish by Pierre Lombart and the two pages of engraved music. "The anglers song" is printed upside down to facilitate part singing. Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler. Being instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream. Part. II. London : Printed for Richard Marriott, and Henry Brome in St. Paul s Church-yard, MDCLXXVI. [1676] The volume is paginated as follows: [6], 104, p. Lacking the Roger L Estrange License Leaf and ending material, pages 105 111, (1). The main text by Cotton ends at page 104.   Title page lacking publisher's information (torn away). The volume collates as follows: A2 A4, B G8, H4. Lacking A1 and H5 H8 (5 leaves). First Edition, Separate Issue. Wing C6381. Robert Venables. The Experienc'd Angler: or, Angling Improv'd. Being a General Discourse of Angling· Imparting the Aptest Ways and Choicest Experiments for the taking of most sorts of Fish in Pond or River. By Col. Robert Venables. The Fifth Edition much enlarged. London: Printed by B[enjamin]. W[hite]. for B. Tooke, at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Tho. Sawbridge at the three Flower de Luces in little Britain, MDCLXXXIII. [1683] The volume is paginated as follows: [14], 96, [6] p. The volume collates as follows: A-A7, B-G8, H4 (lacking A8 a poem) Fifth Edition With additional engraved title page (A1v). With the engraved illustrations of fish by Pierre Lombart, here re-used as part of chapter illustrations. Described by Walton as "the Epitome of Angling" when it was first published in 1662. Wing V186. Robert Nobbes The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling. With a Description of all the Utensils, Instruments, Tackling, and Materials requisite thereto: with Rules and Directions how to use them. As also a Brief Account of most of the Principal Rivers in England. By a Lover of the Sport. London: Printed by T. James for Tho. Helder at the Angel in Little Britain, 1682. The volume is paginated as follows: [20], 78, [2] p. The volume collates as follows: A-F8, G2. Complete. First Edition Last leaf bears contents on recto and advertisement on verso. In this edition, there is a break in the lowest leg of the E in fourth line of title. "There is a reprint of the same date, said to be a counterfeit, printed in a smaller and lighter type with the E not broken." -- Pforzheimer catalogue. Wing N1193, Included with the four volume collected edition is the separately published Volume II of the Compleat Angler. Charles Cotton The Compleat Angler. Being instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream. Part. II. London, Printed for Richard Marriott, and Henry Brome in St. Paul s Church-yard, MDCLXXVI. [1676] The volume is paginated as follows: [8], 111, [1] p. The volume collates as follows: A4, B-H8. Complete with license to print on verso: "Licensed, April 5. 1676. Roger L Estrange.". First Edition, Separate Issue Wing C6381.