The complete angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: . extensively embellished with engravings on copper and wood, from original paintings and drawings by first-rate artists. To which are added, an introductory essay; the Linnæan arrangement of the various river fish delineated in the work; and illustrative notes.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3078563
Summary
Bibliographic description
lviii,416p., [14] plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Nineteenth-century bookplate with initials T. L. C. and bishop's mitre. [Thomas Legh Claughton (1808-1892, academic, poet and clergyman: professor of poetry at Oxford (1852-57), Bishop of Rochester (1867-1877) and first Bishop of St. Albans (1877-1890)]. Inscription on flyleaf: T. Legh Claughton from Wm. J. Copeland July 18th 1833. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Sotheby 1939 Đ1/10/0.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; blind and gilt fillets to form a border; gilt inner border; gilt centrepiece stamp with cypher I. C. W. [i.e. Isaac Walton?) and motto Piscatoribus Sacrum 1674; gilt spine tools with same cypher and with fish; red leather spine label; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683) Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687) John Major (1782-1849) Richard Thomson (1794-1865)