THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or the CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION by ISAAC WALTON - 1810

LONDON: S. BAGSTER, MERCIER AND CHERVET, 1810 BEAUTIFUL SMALL BOOK, RED LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE. MARBLE DESIGN FRONT AND BACK OF COVER. FORMER OWNERS LABEL INSIDE FRONT COVER. PRINTED FOR S. BAGSTER IN THE STRAND. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ON THE FIRST PAGE, "THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MANS RECREATION", 1653. DEDICATION BY IZAAC WALTON. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF FISHING. ONE THAT CONSIDERS IT THE CONTEMPLATIVE MANS RECREATION. Izaak Walton (c. 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies that have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives. The Compleat Angler (the spelling is sometimes modernised to The Complete Angler) is a book by Izaak Walton. It was first published in 1653 by Richard Marriot in London. Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. John Marriot (died 1657) and his son Richard Marriot (died 1679) were prominent London publishers and booksellers in the seventeenth century. For a portion of their careers, the 1645–57 period, they were partners in a family business. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.