The Complete Angler. Edited by John Major
- With 12 steel-engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. li, 418, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8voo
- London: D. Bogue, Fleet-Street and H. Wix, New Bridge-Street, 1844
London: D. Bogue, Fleet-Street and H. Wix, New Bridge-Street, 1844. The Sixth (titled 4th) Major Edition. With 12 steel-engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. li, 418, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8voo. Contemporary full pebbled green morocco, boards with double gilt fillet border, dentelles gilt, t.e.g. St. Paul's School bookplate and blindstamp on title page; inner hinge starting. Very good. The Sixth (titled 4th) Major Edition. With 12 steel-engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. li, 418, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8voo. Major produced a superb series of editions of the Complete Angler from 1823 to 1844, this being the final one. A handsome work in a handsome binding. Coigney 56