Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; Richard le Gallienne [ed.] — The Compleat Angler

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1897 . Cloth. The delightful Edmund H. New illustrated edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's celebrated work on the art of fishing. Illustrated by Edmund H. New with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and headpieces and fifty-two monochrome full page illustrations. Collated complete. 'The Compleat Angler' is a well known seventeenth century work celebrating the art and spirit of fishing, in both prose and verse.The work was admired by the likes of Charles Lamb, who admired it for it's innocence and simplicity.Walton's writing is vivid and expands further than being just a fishing manual, with passages of rich description, such as describing the contents in the bag of an angler.Izaak Walton is now best known for this work, though he professed to not be an expert with a fishing fly. He also wrote a collection of short biographies called 'Walton's Lives&apos.With contributions by Charles Cotton, a poet, who is best known for his translations of the works of Michel de Montaigne.Edited and with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip significantly age toned, with board perimeters age toned. Shelf wear to back strip tail. Hinges strained, but a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Edmund H. New. Very Good .