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WALTON (IZAAK) The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... the Second Edition Much Enlarged, T.M. for Rich. Marriot, 1655 image 1
WALTON (IZAAK) The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... the Second Edition Much Enlarged, T.M. for Rich. Marriot, 1655 image 2
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WALTON (IZAAK)
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... the Second Edition Much Enlarged, T.M. for Rich. Marriot, 1655

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WALTON (IZAAK)

The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... the Second Edition Much Enlarged, engraved title-page with decorative cartouche (trimmed to size and remargined), 10 engraved illustrations of fish in the text (2 very slightly shaved), 2pp. of music ("The Angler's Song") shaved at margin, 5 leaves shaved and strengthened at fore-margin touching letters, approximately 20 headlines slightly shaved, tear repaired to one leaf, small repair touching signature "D5", olive crushed morocco gilt by F. Bedford, sides and spine elaborately tooled, g.e. [ESTC R38206; Coigney 2; Olivier 2; Pforzheimer 1049], 12mo (144 x 75mm.), T.M. for Rich. Marriot, 1655

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.

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