THE COMPLETE ANGLER,; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation / Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the perusal of Anglers by Izaak Walton; with Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by Charles Cotton; and with an introduction by James Russell Lowell. / Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1948. First Thus by Heritage. Cloth and Pictorial Boards. Tall 8vo (12" x 8" x 1 1/2"), green pictorial backstrip with gold lettering & vine scrolling over yellow pictorial cloth with gold CWC lettering surrounded by vine & floral designs by Douglas W. Gorsline; who has provided modern and period B&W artwork (12 plates & 40 in-text images in photo-gravure) illustrating this handsome volume; Introduction by poet James Lowell; xlii + 316 pages. Heritage Club Sandglass, No, 2M, (4pp.) laid in. Black paper over cardboard slipcase. Weight: 3 lbs. Fine. Item #9534
Izaak Walton (c. 1593 – 1683) was an English writer who is best known for The Compleat Angler. He also wrote a number of short biographies collected as Walton's Lives. The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653, but Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century causing it to expand from 13 to 21 chapters, and to be published in five editions during Walton's lifetime.
The additional chapters on fly-fishing in the river Dove were added by Walton's close friend Charles Cotton (1630 – 1687), an English poet, translator of Montaigne, and writer.
Douglas W. Gorsline 1913–1985) was an American painter, illustrator, and writer. His line-engravings for 12 plates and 40 washes were used in The Complete Angler published by the Limited Editions Club. That edition served as the basis for this Heritage Press edition.
THE COMPLETE ANGLER is considered a classic celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse.
Condition: Fine Cloth: tight, very bright & clean with crisp B&W illustrations. Solid slipcase with light wear to corners and at the righthand mid-edge of the opening. No previous owner or remainder marks. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.
Price: $40.00