Front cover image for The complete angler : or, The contemplative man's recreation

The complete angler : or, The contemplative man's recreation

Izaak Walton, Richard Le Gallienne (Editor), Henry Lawes (Composer), Pierre Lombart (Engraver), Elliot Stock (Firm) (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1896
Elliot Stock, London, 1896
Early works
x pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 246 pages illustrations, facsimiles, music 18 cm
7688884
This is a facsimile of the first edition of 1653, and a reissue of the first Stock facsimile of 1876. See Coigney page 158, and Horne page 170
The preface is signed by Richard Le Gallienne
Includes a reproduction of the original title page
The illustrations consist of the original title page cartouche, six engravings of fish, and two pages of music, the second of which is printed upside down, which were first published in the 1653 edition
"The anglers song," with music by Henry Lawes--Pages 216-217, page 217 inverted