The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of River Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing… and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
London: Nattali and Bond, 1860.
Two volumes, large and heavy octavo, 14 fine engraved plates, with many additional textual engravings; in a beautiful early binding of half brown morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt, cloth slipcase.
Splendid edition of the fishing classic
This very handsome edition of the angling classic is the second Nicolas edition, extended from Harris Nicolas's Pickering edition of 1836, which is considered one of the most beautiful and thorough fishing books ever published.
This very handsome edition of the angling classic is the second Nicolas edition, extended from Harris Nicolas's Pickering edition of 1836, which is considered one of the most beautiful and thorough fishing books ever published.
This version is richly illustrated with a total of 61 plates and vignettes, after Stothard, Inskipp, and Hassell. The text is taken from the fifth edition of the Compleat Angler of 1676, which was the last revised by Walton, but it also footnotes the text of all four earlier editions. Also included are thorough memoirs and notes of both Walton and Cotton.
The Complete Angler is not only one of the greatest of all sporting books, it is also a treasured classic of the English language. This beautiful edition has allowed its editor a "pleasant recreation of preparing the work anew, with all the additional literary information which a long acquaintance with the author and an extensive library allowed the editor to gather. The references… having been verified by the editor's own search."
Coigney, 78; Horne, 77; Lowndes, p. 2829; Oliver, 75; Wood, p.95.
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