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Walton

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts: The First Written by Mr. Isaac Walton; The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq. With The Lives of the Authors: And Notes, Historical, Critical, Supplementary and Explanatory;by Sir John Hawkins

for Samuel Bagster, In the Strand, 1808

3850,00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, Estados Unidos)

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Año de publicación
1808
Lugar de impresión
London
Autor
Walton
Editores
for Samuel Bagster, In the Strand
Edición
VERY RARE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION.
Primera edición

Descripción

THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION, RARE LARGE PAPER COPY, AND A UNIQUE, HEAVILY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY. Vignette half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, two plates of music, 17 illustrations of fish within the text, AND A TOTAL OF AN ADDITIONAL 84 PLATES IN ALL. A UNIQUE COPY, HEAVILY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, MANY TINTED OR COLOURED BY HAND. Royal, thick 8vo, superbly bound by Bayntun of Bath, England in very fine full crushed dark green crushed morocco, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the bands gilt stopped, the compartments with full gilt panels incorporating fine tooling in a very pleasing pattern, the centers of the panels with fishing motifs in gilt, the covers elaborately decorated in gilt iin all over designs incorporating multi-ruled and multi-layered panels both gilt ruled and blind ruled and with fine gilt fishing motifs at the four extremities of each cover, board edges gilt ruled, turnovers with triple gilt fillet rules, marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. vi, 512 pp. A very handsome copy, the binding and text-block and plates all beautifully preserved, some mild rubbing to the corners, the binding is strong, the gilt work and presentation are all very pleasing, an especially fine example.
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