The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish & Fishing

by Izaak Walton

$10,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Fourth edition. Engraved cartouche on the title-page, and ten small copperplates of fish in the text. 1 vols. Small 8vo 5-5/8 x 3-5/8 inches; 142 x 85 mm . Bound in contemporary mottled calf, leather title label in red, front joint split, but holding. Bookplate of Leeds. Brown calf-backed slipcase and cloth chemise. Coigney 5; Horne 5; Oliver 5; Pforzheimer 1051; Westwood & Satchell, p. 219; Wing W665. Item #240277

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