The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing...and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by Charles Cotton.
London: Pickering, 1836. With Original memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. 2 volumes with rubricated titles. Beautifully illustrated with 61 engraved plates by various artists, printed on India paper within the text or as a full-page plate. [16], ccxii, [2], 129; [2], 131-436, [32]pp printed on thick paper. Thick imperial 8vos, handsomely bound in 19th century full black morocco with gilt-stamped covers and spine; a.e.g. (expremities rubbed, one inner hinge strengthened, scattered foxing and some browning on margins). London..... More