The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation

Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, London, 1888

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A beautiful Ramage bound limited edition of Izaak Walton's important work on fishing, a smart illustrated edition of only five hundred copies. The one hundredth edition of this important work.In a beautiful half crushed morocco binding by Ramage.A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is numbered 304.Signed by the editor, R. B. Marston, to the limitation page.Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, nineteen plates, and in-text engravings. Collated, complete.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and in-text engravings. Collated, lacking one plate, Plate XXXI.'The Compleat Angler' is a well known seventeenth century work celebrating the art and spirit of fishing, in both prose and verse.The work was admired by the likes of Charles Lamb, who admired it for it's innocence and simplicity of the heart. In fact it is so popular that it is the second most reprinted book in English after the King James Bible.Walton's writing is vivid and expands further than being just a fishing manual, with passages of rich description, such as describing the contents in the bag of an angler.Izaak Walton is now best known for this work, though he professed to not be an expert with a fishing fly. He also wrote a collection of short biographies called 'Walton's Lives'.With contributions by Charles Cotton, a poet, who is best known for these contributions, and for his translations of the works of Michel de Montaigne.Edited and arranged by R. B. Marston.Including 'The Chronicle of the Compleat Angler' by T. Westwood and T. Satchell.Bookplate of Scottish bibliophile Alexander Stone to the front paste down. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards, bound by Ramage. Externally, smart. Spines are lightly faded. Very light rubbing to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Spotting to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.…

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Title
The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation
Author
Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; R. B. Marston; T. Westwood; T. Satchell
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, London
Publication year
1888
Condition
Near Fine
Signed
signed by author
Book Type
book
Binding
Leather
Illustrator
Various
Item weight
4 kilograms
Dimensions
11.5" by 9"

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