THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. The Lea and Dove Edition, Being the 100th Edition.

TITLE CONTINUED: Being a discourse of rivers fish-ponds fish and fishing by Izaak Walton and Instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton. Containing a reprint of The Chronicle of the Compleat Angler by T. Westwood and T. Satchell (a bibliography of editions and imitations). 2 volumes, complete set, 1888. Edited and arranged by R. B. Marston. 2nd MARSTON EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY R. B. MARSTON, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER.187. Demy 4to, approximately 295 x 225 mm, 11½ x 8¾ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton to Volume I, another of Charles Cotton to Volume II, pages: 17-100 in Volume I, contain the lives of Walton & Cotton, both volumes have a silk bookmark, title pages printed red and black, 54 plates and 3 full page maps of rivers, small printed slip tipped-in at front of Volume I referring to the photographers, 27 FULL PAGE photogravures of views on the Lea by P. H. Emerson, numbered: II-XXXVIII and 24 views on the Dove, Wye etc. numbered XXX-LIV by George Bankart, all with captioned tissue guards, and about 100 woodcuts in the text (according to the title page), plus 2 portrait frontispieces. Pages: Volume I, [7], viii-c, [a-t ], [1]-118; Volume II, [2],119-357 including index, half-title to Volume I, bound in original publisher's half green morocco over green cloth sides with gilt monogram to upper covers, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, top edges gilt, the others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Spines and raised bands lightly rubbed, some minor surface scrapes, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, a few minor pale marks to cloth, pale foxing to endpapers and blank side of portraits, margins of frontispieces and edges of most plates lightly browned or lightly foxed, 2 or 3 tiny very faint fox spots on 7 images, occasionally a little foxing to pages next to plates, page edges slightly dusty (untrimmed), otherwise a good set with bindings tight and firm. This is the 100th edition, the first illustrated by the photographs of P. H. Emerson. Born in Cuba, Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) spent his early childhood in America, coming to England for his education. He became a doctor in England but gave up this career in order to devote himself to writing and photography, having been an amateur since 1882. In reaction against the stagnant artificialities of conventional salon photography, Emerson founded the 'school' of naturalistic photography. He published seven photographically illustrated books of landscapes in limited editions with platinotypes or photo-etchings. (See Gernsheim, History of Photography, pages 456-60). 'Emerson stressed the importance of natural settings and spontaneous poses, and opposed artificial studio setups or excessively contrived combination prints. He also advocated focusing sharply on the central object in a scene, with the other parts of the picture slightly out of focus. In 1885 Emerson exploded onto the photographic scene. With his pictures on display and winning prizes everywhere, he avidly engaged in writing, lecturing, and publishing to support and explain his theories, showing a talent for virulent diatribe against the opposition.'. (See Witkin and Barbara London, The Photograph Collector's Guide page 130); See: Bernard S. Horne, The Compleat Angler, page 140, No.137; The Library of the Late John Gerard Heckscher of New York, page 121, No. 2113; Rodolphe L. Coigney, Izaak Walton, A New Bibliography 1653-1987, pages 124-25, No.139; Peter Oliver, A New Chronicle of The Compleat Angler, page 155-56, No.124. VERY HEAVY BOOKS WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. please email us for postage costs. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.…