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 and Charles Cotton - 1893. A limited edition of just 350 copies of this Tercentenary edition, this no. 304. Both volumes present and matching. The work is a celebration of fishing through prose and verse. In the publisher's quarter vellum bindings. A large selection of additional footnotes regarding the
bibliographical history of the work and the author's own sources have been added to this edition. 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. In quarter vellum bindings with cloth covered
boards. Green with a gilt heron on front and a gilt fish, lettering, and accents at spine. General light shelf wear. Some browning, generally adjacent to EPs. An occasional small tear or chip at page edges. In VG to VG+ condition. The book is exactly as shown. Any questions, please ask. Check out our other auctions for related books and ephemera. Thank you, from Haerer Books.
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