BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 225 



(index) and 50 plates. This is Bagster's second edition. The en- 

 gravings of fish are a fresh series. The "present editor/' was 

 Henry Ellis of the British Museum. The edition was in two sizes : 

 small and large octavo.] 



The complete angler, or contemplative man's recre- 

 ation ; being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing. 

 In 2 parts... With the lives of the authors and notes his- 

 torical, critical and explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. 

 London : printed for James Smith, 163 Strand, 1822. 8. 



[Collation : frontispiece, pp.lx, 383 ; 15 plates. The plates have 

 been re-engraved. They were issued also separately and were used 

 to illustrate Zouch's "Life of Walton," 1823. Some copies have 

 portrait only and no plates. This edition was produced at the cost 

 of Gosden the sporting book-binder. It retains the biographies and 

 notes of Hawkins, and has no innovation, save a fresh Preface.] 



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 Lin- 

 naean arrangement of the various river fish delineated in the 

 work ; and illustrative notes. London, John Major, Fleet- 

 street, adjoining Sergeant's Inn. 1823. 8. 



[Collation : frontispiece, pp. Ix, 411. There are 14 copper-plates 

 and 77 wood engravings, the plates being again engraved, but in 

 more finished style, by Cook and Pye, from the old drawings by 

 Wale, which had been " greatly heightened in the effect, by the 

 pencil of Mr. Frederick Nash." The woodcuts of fish are skilfully 

 executed. Some copies were on larger paper and these have the 

 plates on India paper, mounted. The editor was Mr. R. Thomson, 

 author of the "Chronicles of London Bridge," 1827, but the " In- 

 troductory Essay," a farrago of twaddle, was written by Major 

 himself.] " 



[ The complete angler, etc. London, Maunder. 

 1824? 8.] 



[ Our authority for the insertion of this edition is the " London 

 Catalogue, 1815-1832" where the size is stated to be foolscap 8vo. 

 and the price 6s. All our attempts to obtain a copy have proved 

 abortive.] 



The complete angler of Izaak Walton and Charles 



Cotton :...and illustrative notes. Second edition. London, 



John Major. 1824. 8. 



[ Collation : pp. Iviii, 416 ; with 77 woodcuts and 14 copper- 

 plates, the latter re-engraved by W. R. Smith from Wale and Nash. 

 A copy of verses from the pen'of the editor, afterwards suppressed, 

 distinguishes this edition, which was printed in small and large 

 octavo, the engravings in the latter form being proof impressions. 

 These volumes were received with enthusiasm at the time of pub- 

 lication, and have maintained their place in public estimation, 

 although far surpassed by the reprint of 1844.] 



