Vol. I 

 Portraits, 



] to Complete Angler. 5 



Fell [/^^x;. Dr.], 1680. Bishop of Oxford. Engraved 



after the original, by Sir Peter Lely. Fine, rare 



portrait, p. xxiv. 



Distinguished for his learning and for his munificence to the 

 University. 



" I do not love thee. Doctor Fell, 

 The reason why I cannot tell ; 

 But this alone I know full well, 

 I do not love thee. Doctor Fell." 



Flatman [fT/^ow^i], 1683. Finely engraved by Wedg- 

 wood, after Thurston. India proof, very rare. 

 p. xcviii. 



The Poet, now only remembered for his elegant Pindaric com- 

 pliments " to his worthy friend, Isaac Walton." 



Fuller Y^homas\ 1651. A very fine portrait, at the 

 age of 53, engraved by Freeman, p. Ivii. 



The learned and quaint English divine. Author of " Holy and 

 Profane State," "Good Thoughts in Bad Times," "Better 

 Thoughts in Worse Times," &c., &c. 



Gauden \John\, 1650. Bishop of Worcester. En- 

 graved by Yates, ^ite rare. p. Ixxiv. 



A learned prelate, of more fame than character. 



Gesner \Konrad\ 1550. A curious portrait in a shell, 



so chosen by him, in consequence of his love for 



conchological pursuits. Very rare. India proof 



p. Iv. 



He has been affirmed to be the greatest naturalist the world had 

 seen since Aristotle, the discoverer of the only true princi- 

 ples of a botanical arrangement in the flower and fruit, to 

 which the very existence of botany as a science is owing, — 

 as the German Pliny, a prodigy of diligence, learning, and 

 penetration. 



