The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, volume 1

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Description

Demys Quarto Edition of 500 copies, this is copy 272, signed by R. b. Marston. Book has leather covered spine and corners, cloth bound boards and gilt decorations. The frontispiece is a reproduction of the painting of Walton by Jacob Huysmans in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Also included are 87 woodcut engravings, drawn Mr. F. Carless and engraved by Mr. F. Alphonse Stankowski and numerous maps. This is volume 1 of 2.

Dimensions

29.5 x 23.5 x 3 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York. on Long Term Loan at the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982