Compleat Angler:, The
Subtitle: or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation (Modern Library)
Edition: 1996 Modern Library Ed edition
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: November 19, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780679602033
Subjects: Fishing, angling; General & Literary Fiction; Other prose: 19th century; Sports & Recreation; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683; Fiction; English; Literature: Classics; Fishing - General; Sports & Recreation / General; Fishing; General; Early works to 1800
First sentence: YOU are well overtaken, Gentlemen: a good morning to you both: I have stretched my legs up Tottenham Hill to overtake you, hoping your business may occasion you towards Ware, whither I am going this fine, fresh May morning.
Description: An immediate success upon its initial publication in 1653, The Compleat Angler has since become the most reprinted secular book in the English language. Here we join Piscator, Venator, and Auceps on a morning journey through the English countryside as Piscator advises on catching and eating different species of fish and expounds upon the satisfactions of the fisherman's life. More than a guide to the subtle intricacies of the sport, Walton's treatise is a graceful portrait of a simple life made rich by virtue and good friendship. -- from back cover.