The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation …

by Izaak Walton

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First Smith edition. 15 engraved plates, with four extra-illustrations. Pp. i -lx, 1 -388. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished calf gilt. Nicely rebacked to style. Very good plus some very light foxing . Coigney 22. Item #314939 Sometimes referred to as the Gosden edition. Due to the Gosden imprint on the plates, it was believed to have been published at the expense of the famous sporting bookbinder. This copy is

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