


WALTON (IZAAK) The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... the Second Edition Much Enlarged, T.M. for Rich. Marriot, 1655
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WALTON (IZAAK)
Footnotes
THE HUTH COPY OF THE SCARCE SECOND EDITION, considerably enlarged from the first edition of 1653. "Walton almost rewrote the book and added seven chapters... The commendatory verses by seven writers have been added for the first time... " (Coigney). This edition also has an additional 4 engraved illustrations of fish. Pforzheimer notes that "Copies of this second edition have long been reputed to be rarer than those of the first but no one seems to have verified this by actual count" (Pforzheimer).
Provenance: Huth Library, with gilt morocco bookplate; Walter Henry Collins, purchased from Maggs Bros. in 1954, for £110, with the original receipt; thence by descent to the present owner. See illustration on preceding page.