London: Privately printed for the Navarre Society at the Riverside Press, Edinburgh, 1925. Etchings by Damman. A Very Good Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt titles and decorations; 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 445 pages with a general index; Printed on paper specially made for this edition and is strictly limited.

With 8 Original tissue-guarded Etchings by Damman on Japan Vellum and 74 wood engravings; The title page tissue-guarded frontispiece of Izaak Walton is after Huysman's portrait.

Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine has sun-fading and edges/corners are rubbed.

Very Good / No Jacket. Item #014732

This is a reprint of the Major Edition of 1844. Izaak Walton wrote one of the most famous books in the English language, The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation. The first edition appeared in 1653, and it was reissued frequently with additional material.

The book not only describes the technique of angling, but it draws a picture of peace and simple virtue that was Walton's protest against the civil wars taking place at the time.

Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Offley who was a Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor of London during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. A long-serving alderman of London, he was a prominent member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, thrice Mayor of the Staple, and a named founding Assistant of the Muscovy Company.

REF: Coigney, 285; Oliver 254

Price: $95.00