The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation; of Isaak Walton and Charles Cotton

Walton, Isaak (1593-1683) & Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)

Verlag: Privately printed for the Navarre Society at the Riverside Press, Edinburgh, London, 1925

Beschreibung

Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt titles and decorations; 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 445 pages with a general index; Printed on paper specially made for this edition and is strictly limited. With 8 Original tissue-guarded Etchings by Damman on Japan Vellum and 74 wood engravings; The title page tissue-guarded frontispiece of Izaak Walton is after Huysman's portrait. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine has sun-fading and edges/corners are rubbed. This is a reprint of the Major Edition of 1844. Izaak Walton wrote one of the most famous books in the English language, The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation. The first edition appeared in 1653, and it was reissued frequently with additional material. The book not only describes the technique of angling, but it draws a picture of peace and simple virtue that was Walton's protest against the civil wars taking place at the time. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Offley who was a Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor of London during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. A long-serving alderman of London, he was a prominent member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, thrice Mayor of the Staple, and a named founding Assistant of the Muscovy Company. REF: Coigney, 285; Oliver 254. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 014732

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's ...

Verlag: Privately printed for the Navarre Society at the Riverside Press, Edinburgh, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: A Very Good Hardcover

Illustrator: Etchings by Damman

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket