WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, edited by J. E. Harting, London: Samuel Bagster, 1893. 2 volumes, 4, title in red and black, 2 engraved frontispiece portraits, 2 engraved maps, one facsimile letter and a facsimile signature, and 39 engraved plates on Japanese vellum with tissue guards, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt emblem of a heron on front cover of each volume, the spine tooled with a trout rising to a may-fly, gilt lettering, t.e.g. The illustrations include etchings by Percy Thomas after John Linell, and engravings by J. E. Lodge. NUMBER 218 OF 350 COPIES, tercentenary edition. Horne 162; Petit 2151.

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WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, edited by J. E. Harting, London: Samuel Bagster, 1893. 2 volumes, 4, title in red and black, 2 engraved frontispiece portraits, 2 engraved maps, one facsimile letter and a facsimile signature, and 39 engraved plates on Japanese vellum with tissue guards, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt emblem of a heron on front cover of each volume, the spine tooled with a trout rising to a may-fly, gilt lettering, t.e.g. The illustrations include etchings by Percy Thomas after John Linell, and engravings by J. E. Lodge. NUMBER 218 OF 350 COPIES, tercentenary edition. Horne 162; Petit 2151.

WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927. 4, plates and illustrations, including 17 wood-engravings by Eric Fitch, original parchment-backed boards. NO. 4 OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES, reprinted from Major's edition of 1889. Horne 284. (4)
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The Complete Angler
Please note that the 1927 edition of The Complete Angler is illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish. There are 3 volumes in this lot and not 4 as stated in the catalogue

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