The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man’s Recreation.
London: Samuel Bagster, 1815.
Price: $500.00
About the item
The Second Bagster Edition, LARGE PAPER COPY. Illustrated with 50 engravings, including frontispiece portraits of Walton and Cotton, 8 full-page copperplate engravings by Audinet after Wale; 6 plates by George Greig after John Linnell, 2 plates of fishing tackle and music; numerous text engravings. 514, [20, index] pp. Printed by R. Watts, Broxbourne. Bound without advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo (9-1/8 x 5-5/8). Contemporary calf, early rebacking with angling motifs to spine. Some light spotting and foxing throughout, some offsetting from plates. Bookplate. Very good. Coigney 21.
Item #260228
An attractive large paper copy of the Second Bagster edition of Walton’s great angling pastoral.
