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The complete angler. By Izaak Walton and Charles 



Cotton. A new illustrated edition, with notes by G. 

 Christopher Davies, author of " The swan and her crew," etc, 

 London : Frederick Warne and Co. [1878]. 8. 



[ Collation : frontispiece, pp. xii, 467. The smaller illustrations 

 from Major's first edition " have been incorporated with the present 

 volume," which is one of the " Chandos Library." An appendix 

 at the end of each chapter contains historical and general notes 

 and a practical essay.] 



The compleat angler ; or, the contemplative man's 



recreation. Being a discourse of fish and fishing, not un- 

 worthy the perusal of most anglers... London, Ward, Lock 

 and Co., 1878. 8. 



[ A paginary reprint of Alex-. Murray and Son's edition of 1869.] 



The complete angler. By Izaak Walton and Charles 



Cotton. London, G. Bell and Sons, 1879. 8. 

 [ A reprint of the edition of 1863.] 



The compleat angler or contemplative man's recre- 

 ation. ..1653. (The Fishing Gazette, vol. III., nos. 93-140.) 

 London, 1879. fol. 



[ A verbatim reprint of the first edition made from Alexander 



Murray's edition of 1869, with the notices of Walton from the 



edition of 1872.] 



The complete angler, or the contemplative man's 



recreation, by Izaak Walton, and instructions how to angle for 

 a trout or grayling in a clear stream, by Charles Cotton. 

 With copious notes... by the American editor ( Geo. W. 

 Bethune, D.D.) New edition, with some additions and cor- 

 rections from the editor's own copy. 2 vol. New York, John 

 Wiley and Sons. 1880. 8. 



[On this occasion the type has been re-set, and Dr. Bethune's 

 matter for the first time presented in a worthy manner.] 



The complete angler by Izaak Walton & Charles 



Cotton. Edited by ''Ephemera"... London & New York, 

 George Routledge and Sons. 1881. 8. 



[Collation : pp. 313 with woodcuts in text. A volume of the 

 " Excelsior series."] 



The complete angler ; or, the contemplative man's 



recreation. Of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. Edited 

 by John Major. Philadelphia, Lippincott ; [other copies :] 

 London, Strahan and Co., (Limited), 34, Paternoster-row. 

 [1881.] 8. 



[Collation : pp. xv. 445 & 24 plates. A reprint of Major's 1844 

 edition from the stereotype plates used for the edition published by 

 Little, Brown and Co., of Boston, U.S.A., in 1866 and 1867. The 

 woodcuts which were (as we have stated) re-engraved in America 



