THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts: The First Written by Mr. Izaak Walton; The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq. With The Lives of the Authors: And Notes, Historic

Walton, Isaac and Charles Cotton.
Published by Printed for Samuel Bagster in London 1815
SKU: 58902
£140.00
'Bagster's Second Edition, Being the Eighth of this Work: With Improvements and Additions'. 8vo., in a modern rebinding of grey paper-covered boards with paper title label to spine and new endpapers; [8] + pp11 - pp64 Life of Walton + [8] Epistle Dedicatory + pp81 - pp390 The Complete Angler Part I + [8] + pp401 - pp514 The Complete Angler Part II + 20pp Index. Engraved half-title, portrait frontis plates of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton plus 48 other engravings. Previous owner's small name plate to front pastedown, faint ink mark to Part I title page slightly offset to frontis plate. Edges a little dusty, area of damage to top edge with short closed tears in the top margins of pp415 through to pp507, very occasional light foxing and faint handling marks. A Good+ copy overall.

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