The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a discourse of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. The Complete Angler

by Izaak Walton

$75,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot, 1653. First edition of Izaac Walton's beloved masterpiece and perhaps the best-known work in English on the subject of fishing--part fishing manual, part literary classic, a meditation on friendship, and a celebration of contemplation and the traditional natural order. Small quarto. xvi , 246 pp., with page 245 in the later state with contentment ; early state trout engraving

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