The complete angler: or, contemplative man's recreation. [electronic resource] : Being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. In two parts. The first written by Mr. Isaac Walton, the second by Charles Cotton, Esq; Illustrated with upwards of thirty copper-plate cuts of the several Kinds of River-Fish, of the Implements used in Angling, and Views of the principal Scenes described in the Book. To which are prefixed, the lives of the authors. And notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt.
1775
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The complete angler: or, contemplative man's recreation. [electronic resource] : Being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. In two parts. The first written by Mr. Isaac Walton, the second by Charles Cotton, Esq; Illustrated with upwards of thirty copper-plate cuts of the several Kinds of River-Fish, of the Implements used in Angling, and Views of the principal Scenes described in the Book. To which are prefixed, the lives of the authors. And notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt.
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The third edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for John and Francis Rivington, (no 62) at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and T. Caslon, in Stationers-Court, MDCCLXXV. [1775]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
lxxviii,303,[1];xlviii,x,128,[8]p.,plates : ill.,port.,engr.music ; 8⁰.
Note
Part 2 has a separate titlepage dated 1774, and pagination, but the register is continuous.
Horizontal chain-lines.
With four final leaves of index.
A variant has lviii preliminary pages to part two, the last 10 pages being renumbered.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Horizontal chain-lines.
With four final leaves of index.
A variant has lviii preliminary pages to part two, the last 10 pages being renumbered.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T84739.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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