


WALTON (IZAAK) AND CHARLES COTTON The Universal Angler, Made So, by Three Books of Fishing: the First Written by Mr. Izaak Walton; the Second by Charles Cotton, Esq; the Third by Col. Robert Venables, 3 parts in 1 vol, Richard Marriott, 1676
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WALTON (IZAAK) AND CHARLES COTTON
Footnotes
The fifth edition of The Compleat Angler and the last to be published in Walton's lifetime, issued with the first edition of Cotton and the fourth edition of Venables. "The fact that the fifth edition has been much more popular than any other may in part be due to Walton's addition of Piscator's observations on happiness, thankfulness, and contentment which summarizes the spirit, feeling, and charm of a little book which has now been republished some three hundred and eighty-five times" (Horne).
Provenance: Griffith Davies, ownership inscription on general title, and bookplate; Ernest Ridley Debenham (1865-1952), bookplate; Walter Henry Collins, one-time owner of Charles Cotton's stretch of river and fishing house built by him in 1674 (see footnote to Lot 61); thence by descent to the present owner.