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The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation / of Izaak Walton ; and Charles Cotton ; edited by John Major.

Accession number
PML 142630
Creator
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Published
London : D. Bogue, Fleet-Street ; H. Wix, New Bridge-Street, 1844.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Edited by R. Thomson with introduction by John Major. cf. Bibliotheca Piscatoria, Westwood, 1966.
Illustrated with 12 steel engravings, including portraits of Walton and Cotton, a facsimile of the t.p. of the 1st ed. of 1653, and 9 engravings by J.T. Willmore after original designs John Absolon; with numerous wood engraved illustrations within the text executed by John and Mason Jackson after various artists.
"Printed by William Nicol, Shakepeare Press, 60, Pall Mall."--Colophon.
Description
lx, 418 p. [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Robert Hoe; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco tooled in gilt by Clarke & Bedford.
Classification
Department