
Lot 65•
WALTON (IZAAK) AND CHARLES COTTON The Complete Angler, 8vo; and 2 others (7)
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,625 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot

WALTON (IZAAK) AND CHARLES COTTON
The Complete Angler, first Hawkins edition, engraved frontispiece, 15 plates, illustrations in the text, nineteenth century green morocco gilt (?by Gosden), the side panels with angling devices in corners and centre, g.e. [Coigney 9], Thomas Hope, 1760; idem, ... "edited by John Major. Fourth edition", engraved portrait and plates, contemporary green decorative morocco gilt, angling devices (fish, fly and basket) on spine, "Piscatorum Sacrum 1674" with decorative border on sides, g.e.g., slightly rubbed [Coigney 56], D. Bogue, 1844; idem, another copy, LARGE PAPER COPY, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 110 ADDITIONAL PLATES, ruled in red throughout, contemporary green morocco gilt, "Piscatorum sacrum 1674" image on sides, g.e., slightly rubbed [Coigney 56], D. Bogue, 1844; idem, "... notes... by Sir John Hawkins", title ruled in red, engraved plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with approximately 15 additional engravings including proof plates of some of the called for plates, a few gatherings loose, some dampstaining, contemporary pictorial stamped calf (?by Gosden), the covers with blindstamped portrait of Walton and Cotton within ornamental border of angling related images and outer gilt border, spine tooled in gilt and blind with image an angler and gilt lettering labels, g.e, rubbed [Coigney 22], James Smith, 1822; idem, second Hawkins edition, 16 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed [Coigney 10], J. Rivington, 1766, 8vo; and 2 others (7)