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The compleat angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers.

Accession number
PML 15607
Creator
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Published
London : Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot ..., 1653.
Credit line
Purchase; 1907.
Notes
By Izaak Walton.
First edition.
Running title: The complete angler.
With engraved piscatorial cartouche on t.p.; six small copperplate illustrations in the text, and two pages (216-217) of type-set music (one set upside down).
Signatures: A-Q⁸ R⁴ (last leaf blank).
Library's copy has ill. in center of p. 71 and "contention" on p. 245, and lacks final blank leaf.
Description
[16], 246 p. : ill., music ; 14 cm. (8vo)
Provenance
Frederick Locker's jester bkplate; from the Van Antwerp collection.
Binding
Sheep (?), in red morocco case by Bradstreet's.
Classification
Department