The Complete Angler [and] The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton

An Fine two-volume set of Bell and Daldy Edition, printed at the Chiswick Press. Engraved frontispiece in each volume; the frontispiece in Angler is 'Landing the Trout' by Willmore after Absalon; text of Angler contains thirteen woodcuts of fish. Later red morocco with five raised bands on spine; all edges gilt. Complete Angler as per Coigney 83. [vii], viii, [ix], x-xiii, [xiv-xv], xvi, [1]-304 pages; [vii], viii, [ix], x-xii, [xiii-xiv], [1]-403, [404] pages;

Izaak Walton's famous Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the perusal of Anglers was originally published in 1653. The Complete Angleris a reissue of the Bell-Daldy and Low edition of 1863 on slightly larger paper, one of the "Elzevir" series. The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson was issued as a companion volume to the Bell-Daldy and Low 1863 edition of the Angler.

Price: $680.00