THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Edited by Richard Le Gallienne Illustrated by Edmund H. New [Later Edition - Riviere & Son Half Leather Prize Binding] IZAAK WALTON CHARLES COTTON Edited By Richard Le Gallienne Illustrated by Edmund H. New Fine Binding,Riviere Fine Binding

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904, Later Edition. Half cparse morocco leather binding by Riviere & Son with a beautiful gilt decorated spine a single raised band, gilt titles and gilt riverside illustration, gilt lined leather and green cloth covered boards, binder's stamp to the end paper, prize plate to the front paste down, illustrated throughout, page top edges gilt, others tanned. The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653 by the bookseller Richard Marriot, whose business was based in Fleet Street near where Walton had a shop. Walton was a friend of Marriot's father John, who had started the business, but was in retirement by the time the book appeared. There were a number of editions during the author's lifetime. There was a second edition in 1655, a third in 1661 (identical with that of 1664), a fourth in 1668, and a fifth in 1676. In this last edition, the thirteen chapters of the original had grown to twenty-one, and a second part was added by his friend and brother angler Charles Cotton, who took up Venator where Walton had left him and completed his instruction in fly fishing and the making of flies. Pagination: lxxxiv, 454, [14 (Calendar)]pp. Provenance: prize plate for GF Swann. Approximately 7 ¾ inches (19.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - very good condition - faded, gilt titles and angling decoration, single raised band. Joints - very good condition - gently rubbed and worn. Corners - good condition - gently bumped and worn. Boards - very good condition - coarse grained morocco and green cloth covered boards, gilt crest for Farnham Grammar School. Page edges - good condition - top edge gilt, others untrimmed and tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - very good condition - sound. Paste downs - good condition - green marbled paper. End papers - good condition - light green marbled paper, subsequently tanned. Title - good condition - illustration to the centre, lightly tanned. Pages - good condition - tissue guarded frontispiece 'Izaak Walton', numerous illustrations throughout, lightly tanned throughout. See photos.