Accession number
PML 143234
Creator
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Published
Bloomsbury [London] : The Nonesuch Press, 1929.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated with 6 engraved portrait plates by Sigrist and 10 illustrations of fish and a lead weight by Poulton, the fish color stencilled by Curwen Press.
"Consists of 1100 copies for sale in England by the Nonesuch press and 500 copies for sale in the United States by Random House Inc. The text has been printed by R. & R. Clark in Edinburgh, the copperplate engravings by A. Alexander and Son in London; the drawings have been colour-stencilled by the Curwen Press, London; all under the care of Francis Meynell"--p. v.
Library has copy no. 405.
"Consists of 1100 copies for sale in England by the Nonesuch press and 500 copies for sale in the United States by Random House Inc. The text has been printed by R. & R. Clark in Edinburgh, the copperplate engravings by A. Alexander and Son in London; the drawings have been colour-stencilled by the Curwen Press, London; all under the care of Francis Meynell"--p. v.
Library has copy no. 405.
Description
x, 631 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Brown morocco lettered in gilt.
Classification
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