The complete angler; 1815
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- Title
- The complete angler; 1815
- Author
- Izaak Walton
- Publication year listed
- 1815
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- Public domain eBook
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The complete angler; 1815
Author: Izaak Walton (1593-1683); Charles Cotton (1630-1687)
Year: 1815
The complete angler (1815) by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Sub Title: or, contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, and fishing. In two parts. Published in 1815 in London and bound by Riviere & Sons ca. 1910. Physical Description: Octavo (8 13/16 x 5 5/8 inches; 224 x 143 mm). [xi] 12-514 p. (including 17-page appendix), [20 index]. Fifteen full-page plates; eight after Wale, two music plates, two of fishing tackle,, the cartouche of the title-page of the 1653 first edition on half-title, all engraved by Philip Audinet; a portrait of Walton after Huysmans engraved by C. Hayter; a portrait of Cotton after Lely engraved by J. Linnell. In addition there are seventeen silver engravings of fish; a map of the River Lea and one of the River Dove; a facsimile of Walton's autograph and one of Cotton's; and seven engravings in the text, all by Audinet. there are six engravings in the text by G. Greig after Linnell and also two large woodcuts in the text. Inserted facing p. 472 is a fine pen & ink drawing signed 'Piscator' (watermarked J. Whatman 1824). Bound by Riviere & Sons ca. 1910 (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full olive green crushed levant