The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton - Science - Folio Society 2000 1st ed. Rackham

The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton - Science - Folio Society 2000 1st ed. Rackham

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The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton - Science - Folio Society 2000 1st ed. Rackham
Folio Society
Science & Nature

The Compleat Angler

Izaak Walton

£26.99
Edition year 2000
Printing year 2000
First edition Yes
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Arthur Rackham
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 224
Dimensions 25.3 × 19 cm
Condition Good
Condition notes In good overall condition. Lightly faded case and spine.

Edition details

The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton. 3rd. edition. 12 colour plates & b&w woodcuts by Arthur Rackham. Top page edge gilt. Bound in green gilt-decorated cloth. 224pp.

About the book

Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler is a classic seventeenth-century work combining fishing instruction with reflections on nature and rural life. Written largely as a dialogue between anglers, the book offers practical advice while celebrating rivers, countryside, friendship and quiet contemplation. Its appeal extends far beyond fishing, making it one of the best-loved works of English pastoral prose. First published in the seventeenth century, it remains admired as much for its gentle literary charm as for its place in the history of angling.

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