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Anak. II. 151.
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.
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,
A NOTICE OF COTTON AND HIS WRITINGS,
BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR, 1.5.
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.
PART I.
NEW YORK AND LONDON:
WILEY & PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.
1847.