The Compleat Angler
Author:
Walton Izaak
Year:
1902
Edition:
The Winchester freemantle (first Dewar) Edition
Publisher:
Freemantle & Company
City of Publication:
Winchester
Summary:
2 Vols, 1 xiv 169 + ix 232 pages, 4to, TEG, the deluxe edition on printed on hand made paper. Edited by George A.B. Dewar, full page etchings by William Strang, and D.Y. Cameron. The full-page etchings are in two states, the second one being on Japan paper, the smaller illustrations are on India paper. Bound in the original publishers-stained dark brown vellum with gilt Walton crest to upper covers. limited to 150 signed copies by Dewar and Strang this copy number 30, armorial bookplate to front paste downs. A very good copy free of any foxing, light even fading to the spines. Edited by George A B Dewar "The Text of this edition is an exact reprint in spelling and punctuation of the Fifth (1676) Edition; the last published in Waltons lifetime.". Coigney 215 ?820
Ref:
23966
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