Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683
Title:
The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.
Alternate Title(s):
Complete angler
Published / Created:
London : William Pickering, 1836.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Ij W175 +836 copy 1: Imperfect: half-titles of v. 1 and 2 of copy 1 wanting;.
Subject Terms:
Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683 -- Portraits. | Cotton, Charles, 1630–1687 -- Portraits. | Fishing. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Pickering, William -- Publisher. | Whittingham, C. -- Printer. | Stubbs, W. R. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1836. | Engravings -- 1836. | Steel engraving -- 1836.
Contributors:
Cotton, Charles, 1630–1687. | Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, 1799–1848. | Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834, ill. | Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680, ill. | Inskipp, James, 1790–1868, ill. | Fox, Augustus, engraver. | Armytage, James Charles, 1802–1897, engraver. | Humphrys, William, 1794–1865, engraver. | Freebairn, Alfred Robert, 1794–1846, engraver. | Cooke, William John, 1797–1865, engraver. | Pickering, William, 1796–1854, publisher. | Whittingham, Charles, 1795–1876, printer.