THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR, THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION; BEING A DISCOURSE ON RIVERS, FISH-PONDS, FISH, AND FISHING. Edited by John Hawkins.; Edited by John Hawkins

Walton, Isaac, and Charles Cotton

Published by Printed for James Smith, London, 1822

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8vo. lx, 383, (1) pp.; ad on verso of final leaf (without the other two leaves of ads). 15 plates. 19th-century green half-leather (front joint splitting from head of spine) and marbled boards (rubbed), leather spine labels (chipped). Some foxing to the plates, but a solid copy of an attractively illustrated edition. Smith edition. Coigney 22: "Often called the Gosden edition, as it was thought that it was published at the expense of Gosden, the sporting bookbinder; probably because most of the illustrations were published [by him].".

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• Title: THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR, THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION; BEING A DISCOURSE ON RIVERS, FISH-PONDS, FISH, AND FISHING. Edited by John Hawkins.; Edited by John Hawkins
• Publisher: Printed for James Smith, London
• Publication Date: 1822
• Binding: Hardcover
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