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The compleat angler

Title: The compleat angler / by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton ; edited with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne ; illustrated by Edmund H. New.
Author: Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Publication: London ; New York : John Lane, 1897

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Description

lxxxiv, 427, [19] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., ports., maps; 25 cm.

Subject

Fishing > Early works to 1800

Note

"The text of this edition is a reprint of the fifth [1676] ... The spelling has been modernized"--Editorial note. The 1676 ed. was the first to include Cotton's "Second part of The compleat angler."
Originally published in 13 monthly pts, Apr. 1896-Apr. 1897. Title page and other prelims. in pt. 13.
The ill. include photogravure ports. of Walton and Cotton and numerous reproductions of wood engravings by New.
"The anglers' calendar, compiled by Hi Reagan": p. [429-442].
Publisher's advertisements: p. [443-446].
Parts issue: Each pt. in illustrated light gray paper covers. Angler's calendar for the respective month on p. [2] of covers. Publisher's advertisements on p. [3-4] of covers of pts. 1-5 and 10-13; on p. [4] of pts. 6-9.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 384-390.

Binding (note)

Binding: Publisher's illustrated light brown cloth, stamped in dark green.

Contents

The compleat angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation. Part I. Being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing / written by Izaak Walton -- The compleat angler. Part II. Being directions how to angle for trout or grayling in a clear stream / [by Charles Cotton].

Call Number

MYG (Walton, I. Compleat angler. 1897)

OCLC

2304880

Author

Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.

Title

The compleat angler / by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton ; edited with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne ; illustrated by Edmund H. New.

Imprint

London ; New York : John Lane, 1897 ([London] : Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.)

Bibliography

Bibliography: p. 384-390.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's illustrated light brown cloth, stamped in dark green.

Local Note

Copy 1 in MYG: Partly unopened.

Copy 2 in MYG: William DeForest Haines Coll.

Arents copy: Parts issue. Partly unopened.

Added Author

Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.

Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947.

Hi-Regan, 1837-1910.

New, E. H. (Edmund Hort), 1871-1931. Illustrator

Research Call Number

MYG (Walton, I. Compleat angler. 1897)

Arents BIP (Walton, I. Compleat 1897) 06-356

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