Lot n° 22
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
WALTON (Izaak) & COTTON (Charles). The Complete Angler, - Lot 22
WALTON (Izaak) & COTTON (Charles). The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation.
Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. London, Printed for James Smith, 1822. 2 parts in one small in-8° volume (120 x 188 mm), calf, gilt fillets and scroll framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, combed edges (Bound by J. Martin & Son).
Fifteen engraved plates (out of sixteen), including two portraits.
"With the Lives of the Authors: and Notes, Historical, Supplementary, and Explanatory, by Sir John HAWKINS, Knt."
Spine faded; one corner dull; some foxing.
A GOOD COPY IN A SIGNED BINDING OF THE EDITION GIVEN BY GOSDEN.
Westwood & Satchell, 303-304.
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