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The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish Ponds Fish & Fishing: Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, Vol. I

1902
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  • Title: The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish Ponds Fish & Fishing: Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, Vol. I
  • Author: Izaak Walton (British, baptized Stafford 1593–1683 Winchester)
  • Author: Charles Cotton (British, Staffordshire 1630–1687 London)
  • Editor: George A. B. Dewar (British, 1862–1934)
  • Author: Essay by Edward Grey (British, London 1862–1933 Northumberland)
  • Illustrator: William Strang (British, Dumbarton, Scotland 1859–1921 Bournemouth)
  • Illustrator: Sir David Young Cameron (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1865–1945 Perth, Scotland)
  • Illustrator: Reginald Lionel Knowles (British, London 1879–1950 Croydon)
  • Sitter: Izaak Walton (British, baptized Stafford 1593–1683 Winchester)
  • Sitter: Charles Cotton (British, Staffordshire 1630–1687 London)
  • Artist: Cotton portrait after Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (British, Soest 1618–1680 London)
  • Publisher: Freemantle & Company (London)
  • Printer: The Riverside Press Limited, Edinburgh
  • Date: 1902
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 3/16 x 7 1/4 x 1 15/16 in. (23.3 x 18.4 x 4.9 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.2641(20)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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