THE 



Chronicle of the c Compleat Angler 9 

 of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. 



IP^'HE apparition of the f Compleat Angler,' 

 in the year of grace and revolution, 1653, 

 formed an antithefis in itfelf, to which the 

 almoft immediate fale of the entire edition 

 gaveincreafed point and emphafis. Cory don 

 piping, you might fay, tenui avend, amongft 

 the horfe-hoofs and athwart the lances . . . the moft peaceful of 

 Paftorals ufhered into and accepted by the world at the 



1 "The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being 

 a Difcourfe of Fifh and Fifhing, not unworthy the perufal of moft Anglers. 



" Simon Peter /aid, I go a fifhing ; and they f aid, We alfo zvil go with 

 thee. John 21,3. 



" London, Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot, in S. Dunftans 

 Churchyard Fleetftreet. 1653." 



The above title, as our readers are aware, confifts of an engraved fcroll, 

 with dolphins above and below, and clufters of fifh pendant on either fide. 



In the centre of the fcroll is inferted, •' The Compleat Angler or the Con- 

 templative Man's Recreation." 



The reft of the title, coming under the fcroll, is printed. 



Firft Edition, 

 1653. ' 



