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Lot 226
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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WALTON, Izaac (ca 1593-1683) -- COTTON, Charles (1630-1687). The Compleat Angler. Edited by Richard LeGallienne. London and New York: John Lane, the Bodley Head Press, 1904.
8vo (188 x 124 mm). Frontispiece portraits, illustrations throughout by Edmund H. New. Contemporary half red morocco gilt, spine in 3 compartments with 2 raised bands, 1 gilt-lettered, 1 with single fish gilt-tool, large central compartment gilt-decorated with fish, cattails, and dragonflies to an Art Nouveau style (slight wear to edges, spine very slightly leaned).
"Edition de Luxe," a reprint of the 5th edition which was the last to incorporate Walton's own additions with modernized spelling.