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THE COMPLETE ANGLER; OR, Contemplative Man's Recreation: 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. WITH THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS: AND NOTES HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, SUPPLEMENTARY AND EXPLANATORY; By SIR JOHN HAWKINS, KN., 3/4 leather and marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Beautiful binding and unfortunately both covers (present) are detached. The SIGNED binding was executed by "WORSFOLD", 3/4 crushed green morocco and marbled boards. Spine with 5 bands and 6 compartments. Compartments as follows: 1. Gold Stamped Fishing Creel, 2. Title stamped in gold, 3. Walton and Cotton, 4. Gold stamped fish and net, 5. Gold stamped Fly, 6. Gold Stamped Fishing Creel, with the date 1808 stamped in gold at the bottom. Note: There are also 4 gold-stamped fish in each compartment (one in each corner) except for the two compartments with the title and authors name. This book would be worth it to have the covers reattached as it really is a beautiful binding. Facing last page (512) is a typeset printed list of plates to the Seventh Edition of the Complete Angler pasted on the blank free endpaper. The contents are CLEAN, TIGHT, AND COMPLETE. 36 Plates with 43 Illustrations/engravings, Pages uncut, a few unopened, top page edges gilt (TEG).GOLD, THIS IS A BINDING WORTH SAVING!
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