The universal angler, made so by three books of fishing. The first written by Mr. Izaak Walton. The second by Charles Cotton, Esquire. The third by Col. Robert Venables. All which may be bound together, or sold each of them severally.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3004903
Summary
Bibliographic description
[28], 275, [13]; [8], 111, [1]; [16], 96, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (metal cuts), music ; 8vo. Imperfect: leaf A1 with first part titlepage and leaf A2 of second part have been cut and part rmoved. Pencil calculations on first part A1 and rear pastedown. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "Ricardi Hopkins 1686 / Trin: Coll: Cant:" Inscribed on A1 recto, part missing: "Ashenhurst Cott [Coll?] Mert: to Oxon. Binding: seventeenth-century calf; blind fillet border; four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683), author Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687), author General Robert Venables (1612-1687), author