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

Multiple artists/makers

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
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 written 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: 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: 10 7/16 x 8 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (26.5 x 20.6 x 8.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.2641(53-54)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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