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WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative man's Recreation... The Second Edition much enlarged. London: T. M. for Richard Marriot, 1655.
12o (143 x 79 mm). First 8 words of title engraved within a cartouche of dolphins and fish, 10 engravings of fish in text, 2 pages (298-299, O5v-O6r) of words and music for "The Angler's Song," the bass voice printed upside down, 3 woodcut initials and head and tail ornaments. (Extreme upper inner margin of title, conjugate A12 and Q5.8 repaired, a few other minor marginal repairs, that on L9 affecting one letter and platemark of illustration, outer margins of the "The Angler's Song" trimmed with loss of text and notation, some leaves closely shaved at head.) 19th-century brown hard-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt.
Provenance: Robert Stayner Holford (by decent to) -- Sir George Holford -- A.S.W. Rosenbach (purchase information in the Rosenbach archives; sold to) -- Mary Louise Curtis Bok -- purchased from Harry Levinson, Beverly Hills (included in catalogue 60, "History, Literature, Science, Scholarship Before 1700," Part IV, item 1432).
Second edition. "There are some major changes in the second edition. The John 21.3 quotation has been corrected and 'unto them' and 'unto him' added. There are four more copperplates of fish. Walton almost rewrote the book and added seven chapters, making twenty-two... The two interlocutors of the first edition, Piscator and Viator have been changed into Piscator and Venator, and a third one, Auceps, has been added. The commendatory verses by seven writers have been added for the first time... It is reasonable to assume that if not rarer, the second edition is probably as scarce as the first" (Coigney 2). Grolier Wither to Prior 948; Horne 2; Oliver 2.
12o (143 x 79 mm). First 8 words of title engraved within a cartouche of dolphins and fish, 10 engravings of fish in text, 2 pages (298-299, O5v-O6r) of words and music for "The Angler's Song," the bass voice printed upside down, 3 woodcut initials and head and tail ornaments. (Extreme upper inner margin of title, conjugate A12 and Q5.8 repaired, a few other minor marginal repairs, that on L9 affecting one letter and platemark of illustration, outer margins of the "The Angler's Song" trimmed with loss of text and notation, some leaves closely shaved at head.) 19th-century brown hard-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt.
Provenance: Robert Stayner Holford (by decent to) -- Sir George Holford -- A.S.W. Rosenbach (purchase information in the Rosenbach archives; sold to) -- Mary Louise Curtis Bok -- purchased from Harry Levinson, Beverly Hills (included in catalogue 60, "History, Literature, Science, Scholarship Before 1700," Part IV, item 1432).
Second edition. "There are some major changes in the second edition. The John 21.3 quotation has been corrected and 'unto them' and 'unto him' added. There are four more copperplates of fish. Walton almost rewrote the book and added seven chapters, making twenty-two... The two interlocutors of the first edition, Piscator and Viator have been changed into Piscator and Venator, and a third one, Auceps, has been added. The commendatory verses by seven writers have been added for the first time... It is reasonable to assume that if not rarer, the second edition is probably as scarce as the first" (Coigney 2). Grolier Wither to Prior 948; Horne 2; Oliver 2.