WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683) and Charles COTTON (1630-1687). The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. John Major, editor. London: D. Bogue and H. Wix, 1844.
2 volumes, 8vo (203 x 127 mm). 12 steel-engraved plates and 74 wood-engraved vignettes, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 217 ADDITIONAL PLATES including the duplicate suite of text vignettes separately issued by Bogue on india paper (cf. Coigney), a duplicate suite of the plates in proof, about 57 hand-colored plates of fishes, and other miscellaneous portraits and views. Late 19th-century olive morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering in 2, others gilt-tooled, all edges gilt, stamp-signed by Francis Bedford. Provenance: Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), book collector and first president of the Grolier Club (morocco bookplate and ownership signature); Roderick Terry (1849-1933), book collector and philanthropist (bookplate); William John Upton (his sale, Waverly Auctions, 2 March 1995, lot 271).
THE HOE-TERRY COPY of the sixth (stated fourth) Major edition on large paper (now somewhat trimmed) of the Complete Angler, extensively extra-illustrated with superb engravings.
