The complete angler, or The contemplative man's recreation / by Isaac Walton. And, Instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream / by Charles Cotton
Bethune, George W (George Washington) 1805-1862 Search this
Physical description:
2 v. in 1 : ill., ports., facsims. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1852
Notes:
"With copious notes, for the most part original, a bibliographical preface, giving an account of fishing and fishing-books, from the earliest antiquity to the time of Walton, and a notice of Cotton and his writings by the American editor [G.W. Bethune]. To which is added an appendix, including illustrative ballads, music, papers on American fishing, and the most complete catalogue of books on angling, etc., ever printed. Also, a general index to the whole work."
