The Complete Angler ... to which are prefixed The Lives of the Authors

  • Illustrated with 15 engravings. lxxviii, [ii], 303; 128, [8. index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
  • London: Printed for John and Francis Rivington, (No 62), 1775
By Walton, Izaac, and Charles Cotton
London: Printed for John and Francis Rivington, (No 62), 1775. The Third Hawkins edition. Illustrated with 15 engravings. lxxviii, [ii], 303; 128, [8. index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in late nineteenth century green morocco, gilt spine, and marbled boards, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of Albert R. Ledoux. The Third Hawkins edition. Illustrated with 15 engravings. lxxviii, [ii], 303; 128, [8. index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With note on inserted blank, "this copy of Sir John Hawkin's edition of Walton and Cotton's Angler was the late Sir Wm. Boothby's and bought at the sale of his effects at Ashbourne Hall in Nov. 10, 1847 by Frederick Crewe and by him presented to John Halmarack with best regards FC." And with an 1890 presentation on a preceding leaf, from Martha Halmarack to Thomas Daltry (his bookplate).

Handsome copy. Westwood & Satchell, p. 222-3; Coigney 12; Oliver 12

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