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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Lot Description
WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683) and Charles COTTON (1630-1687). The Compleat Angler. Sir John Hawkis, editor. London: John, Francis, and Charles Rivington, 1784.
2 parts in one, 8vo (182 x 114 mm). Frontispieces, 14 engraved plates, numerous illustrations. (Some spotting or toning, some offsetting, some minor soiling.) Contemporary calf gilt, gilt-fish decoration to spine, dark green leather lettering-piece gilt (some wear, front joint cracked with hinge reinforced, some minor soiling). Provenance: James Chaffin (signature); unidentified later owner (“The Bend” bookplate); sold D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard (ticket).
Fourth Hawkins edition, which includes significant additions by Sir Hawkins, who was one of Samuel Johnson’s closest friends.
Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch