...subject in a work commonly called "The Compleat Angler." The title page of the first edition reads: "The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation....Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. London : Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot, 1653." The title-pages of a few of the numerous editions...

...one English book, of course, which stands first on the angler's shelves is good old Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation....Fishing, not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. This delightful specimen of seventeenth century good humor Mr. Bartlett possesses in no less than fifty-five...

...Inner Temple-Gate in Fleet-street. 1664. 8°. [ Copies of the 1661 edition with a fresh title-page.] The compleat angler or the contemplative man's recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing...The fourth edition, much corrected and enlarged. London, printed...

...not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. London : Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot. 1653. 12mo. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, and Fish-Ponds, and Fish, and Fishing. Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. The second...

...period. The announcement ran in The Perfect Diurnall from the 9th to the i6th of May, 1653, thus : — " The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,...most Anglers, of 1 8 pence price. Written by Iz. Wa printed for Richard Marriot, to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstan's Churchyard. Fleet Street." It...

...period. The announcement ran in The Perfect Diurnall from the gth to the 16th of May, 1653, thus :— " The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,...most Anglers, of 1 8 pence price. Written by Iz. Wa printed for Richard Marriot, to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstan's Churchyard. Fleet Street." It...

...Recreation, being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers, of 18 pence price. Written by Iz. Wa. Also the known play...never till now published. Both printed for Richard Marriot, to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Churchyard, Fleet Street." Another advertisement,...

...bringing our record up to the present date. A reprint of " Ephemera's " edition requires no further 1 "The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's...Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. London: Alex. Murray and Son. 1869." 8vo. Collation: pp. 106. A reprint of the first edition without...

...1869. 8°. [ Collation : pp. 106. A reprint of the first edition without notes, edited by A. Murray.] recreation. Being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers... London, Alex. Murray and Co., 1872. 8°. [ Collation : pp. 106, ii (notices of Walton). A reprint of...

...ioj. Heber, pt. viii., title inlaid, 3/. Utterson, morocco, 61. 121. 6d. Gardner, 2327, 2/. 17*. 8 " The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish and Fishing." To which is added The Laws, of Angling : with a new Table of...