The Compleat Angler (1962)

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The Compleat Angler (1962)
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The Compleat Angler (1962)

Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
Edition year 1962
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Lynton Lamb
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 274
Dimensions 23.4 × 15 cm

Edition details

The Compleat Angler, by Izaac Walton and Charles Cotton. 2nd edition, reset. 28 small illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Bound in plain green cloth. Grey slipcase. Green page tops. 274pp. 23.4x15cm. (Title page shows date as MCMXLIX despite reset).

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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