THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not Unworthy of the Perusal of Most Anglers

[Rackham, illus.] Walton Izaak

Edité par London George G. Harrap & Co. LTD. 1931

First Edition thus, being the First Edition Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With 12 very fine colour plates with captioned tissue guards, as well as numerous line drawings and silhouette-decorated endpapers, pictorially decorated title-page printed in green and black, all by Arthur Rackham. Tall, royal 8vo, handsomely bound in full dark-green crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, England, the covers with single gilt fillet rule to the borders, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments of the spine with gilt ruled panels and central gilt tooling of fish and fishing motifs, two compartments lettered in gilt, gilt rules to the edges, double gilt rules to the turnovers and gilt cornerpieces, marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. 224. A very handsome copy of this fine edition, the text is completely free of any spotting, the plates all fine, some light mellowing to the dark green of the spine and an area of the lower cover. FIRST EDITION OF THIS OF THIS TRULY PLEASING PRINTING, ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMBINED WITH THE TALENTS OF ONE OF ENGLAND'S GREATEST ILLUSTRATORS. Rackham s pastoral illustrations make this one of the best editions of what is the most famous angling and "how to" books in the English language. The text is from the edition of 1676, the last to be revised by Walton himself, but with the spelling modernized. Walton's ANGLER has been described as "full of wisdom, kindly humour, and charity; it is one of the most delightful and care-dispelling books in the language." "More than most authors he lives in his writings, which are the pure expression of a kind, humorous and pious soul in love with nature, while the expression itself is unique for apparent simplicity which is really elaborately studied art" (DNB). Arthur Rackham s whimsical and flowing illustrations match perfectly with the quiet, carefree nature of the text. N° de réf. du vendeur 33786

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Titre : THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, or The Contemplative ...
Éditeur : London George G. Harrap & Co. LTD. 1931
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Edition : Edition originale