230 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



biographical and explanatory, and the lives of the anlhors. 

 London, Henry Wash bourne, 1842. 8. 



[Collation : frontispiece, pp. iv, xciv, 396. A reprint of Major's 

 edition of 1839 both as regards matter and illustrations.] 



Facsimile of The compleat angler ; or, the contem- 

 plative man's recreation. The original frontispiece. 1653. 

 (London, Sherwood and Bowyer, 1844.) 32. 



[Collation : pp. iv. 335. No 17 of " Pocket English classics." A 

 reduced woodcut facsimile of scroll is on the title-page.] 



The complete angler, or the contemplative man's 



recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. Edited by 

 John Major. Fourth edition. London : D. Bogue, Fleet- 

 street ; H. Wix, New Bridge-street. 1844. 8. 



[Collation : pp. Ix, 418; 12 steel engravings, nine of which were 

 drawn by John Absolon and engraved by J. T. Willmore, A.R.A.; and 

 74 woodcuts in text. 



This reprint far surpasses Major's previous efforts in 1823 and 1824, 

 although these have still maintained their position in public esti- 

 mation. "The obnoxious ' Introductory Essay '...still sticks to the 

 work, like a burr ; but with this our censure exhausts itself; in other 

 respects the volume approaches more nearly to our ideal of an 

 edition consistent in all its parts, than any of its predecessors or 

 successors. Wale's designs, repeated ad nauseam, are here sup- 

 pressed, and the new series by Absolon. ..quaint, unaffected and 

 picturesque, have the signal merit of seeming an emanation from 

 and efflorescence of the book itself, rather than a set of artistic 

 notions grafted on it... The woodcuts of fish give the varying 

 tones and surfaces with great success ; and the vignettes of scenery, 

 by Creswick and others, leave far behind those of former editions." 

 Chronicle of the Compleat Angler, pp. 55-6. Dr. Bethune says of this 

 reprint : "Art could scarcely go further, and no more elegant 

 volume could find place in a library."] 



The complete angler; or, contemplative man's recre- 

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

 With lives, and notes, by Sir John Hawkins... Edited by 

 James Rennie... Manchester, Samuel Johnson and Son. 1844. 

 8.; 



[A paginary reprint of the Edinburgh edition of 1833 with the 

 same illustrations.] 



The complete angler ; or, contemplative man's recre- 



ation;... With lives, and notes, by Sir John Hawkins, Knight. 

 Edited bv James Rennie. A.M. Manchester, Samuel Johnson 

 and Son." 1846. 8. 



[A stereotype-reprint of the previous entry.] 



The complete angler ; or, contemplative man's recre- 



ation:... With lives, and notes, by Sir John Hawkins, Knight. 

 Edited by James Rennie, A.M. Dublin, W. Curry, Jun., and 

 Co. 1847. 8. 



[ Another impression from the same plates.] 



