The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man's Recreation being 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

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, J E Harting

Verlag: Samuel Bagster and Sons, London, 1893

Beschreibung

A lovely copy of the tercentenary edition of Izaak Walton's best known work, 'The Complete Angler'. Complete with Charles Cotton's continuation and notes by J E Harting. First thus, the first and only edition of this special tercentenary publication. With a memoir of Izaak Walton, and dedication to John Offley. 'The Compleat Angler' is Izaak Walton's best known work. It was edited and expanded by Walton for over a quarter of a century. The work is a celebration of fishing through prose and verse. Limited edition, this set is numbered forty-seven of three-hundred and fifty copies produced. Provenance: The Library of Colin and Joan Deacon. In the smart publisher's quarter vellum bindings. To this edition a large selection of additional footnotes have been added regarding the bibliographical history of the work, and the author's own sources. There are several new illustrations included too. With fifty-three illustrations in total, being 43 full page engravings on Japon paper. The plates are engraved by Audinet Linnel, with twelve in-text engravings after drawings by GE Lodge. A truly lovely set of this famous homage to angling. In quarter vellum bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally, in a lovely condition with just some minor marks to the spines as expected with vellum. Bumping to the head and tail of spines. Light bumping to the extremities. A few marks to the boards. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd light spots. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 652L10

Bibliografische Details

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

Verlag: Samuel Bagster and Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1893

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: Percy Thomas; John Linnell; G E Lodge

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book