The complete angler
Subtitle: or, Contemplative man's recreation, being a discourse on rivers, fishponds, fish, and fishing
By: by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton ; with notes biographical and explanatory, and the lives of the authors.
Contributors: Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.; Washbourne, Henry, publisher.; Tristram, H. B. 1822-1906, former owner.; Marston, Robert Bright, 1853-1927.; Gallup, Vernon, donor.; Fly Fisherman's Library.; Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Collection.
Publisher: Henry Washbourne
Published: 1842
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Fishing -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: First published in 1653 under title: The compleat angler; 5th ed. published in 1676 with title: The universal angler, written by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton and Robert Venables. This copy is the Washbourne (5th major) reprint which is a reprint of the Lewis edition of 1839.

Includes facsimile reproduction of t.p. of the original ed., London, 1653.

Includes index.

Horne, 50.

WSU MASC copy 1 has armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "Sigill Henrici Baker Tristram e Coll Linc Oxon".

WSU MASC copy 2 signed "R B Marston" on front free endpaper.

WSU MASC copy 1 in original quarter leather binding; copy 2 rebound in green cloth.

WSU MASC copies donated by Vernon Gallup.

WSU MASC copies are: 002-12304990, c. 1 ; 002-123049918, c. 2.