The compleat angler or the contemplative man's recreation
Subtitle: Being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish, & fishing. To which is added, the laws of angling: with a new table of the particulars in this book
Contributors: Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662; Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682
Edition: The fourth edition, much corrected and enlarged.
Publisher: Printed for R. Marriot, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at his shop, the next door to the Crown near Sergeants-Inn in Chancery-lane
Published: 1668
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Fishing; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Compleat angler; Contemplative man's recreation; Complete angler; Short discourse by way of post-script, touching the lavves of angling; Short discourse by way of post-script, touching the lawes of angling
Notes: Dedication signed: Iz. Wa., i.e. Izaak Walton.

The words "The compleat ... recreation." on title page are engraved in a decorative cartouche.

The engraved illustrations are attributed to Pierre Lombart.

Running title reads: The complete angler.

Includes words and music to "The anglers song" set by Henry Lawes.

P. 215, page 2 of "The anglers song" is printed upside down to facilitate part singing.

Includes index.

"A short discourse by way of post-script, touching the lavves of angling" (caption title) begins an unpaginated section on S1r.

Bookplate and monogram of Thomas Westwood.

Bound by F. Bedford.

Cf.--The chronicle of the "Compleat angler" by Thomas Westwood, 1864, p. 11.

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W665

Horne, B.S. Compleat angler, 4

Pforzheimer, 1051

English short title catalogue (ESTC), R226664