| Nottingham University Library KMC: | Spec Coll PR3757.W6.A6 |
| Nottingham University Library KMC: | Spec Coll PR3757.W6.A6 |
| British Library: | C.99.e.43 |
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THE COMPLEAT WALTON
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[portrait engraving of Walton 3" × 2½" in decorative frame, with title in cartouche] see Contents list
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IZAAK WALTON THE COMPLEAT ANGLER THE LIVES OF DONNE WOTTON HOOKER HERBERT & SANDERSON WITH LOVE AND TRUTH [flower] & MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS EDITED BY GEOFFREY KEYNES ILLUSTRATIONS BY THOMAS POULTON AND CHARLES SIGRIST [oval frame: king and queen standing crowned, holding sceptre and quatrefoil] THE NONESUCH PRESS 16 GREAT JAMES STREET BLOOMSBURY 1929
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[below a headline of flowers] THIS EDITION CONSISTS OF 1100 COPIES FOR SALE IN ENGLAND BY THE NONESUCH PRESS AND 500 COPIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES BY RANDOM HOUSE INC. THE TEXT HAS BEEN PRINTED BY R. & R. CLARK IN EDINBURGH, THE COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS BY A. ALEXANDER AND SON IN LONDON; THE DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN COLOUR-STENCILLED BY THE CURWEN PRESS, LONDON: ALL UNDER THE CARE OF FRANCIS MEYNELL THIS IS NUMBER [space for serial number]
(p.vii-x)
| The Table of Contents | |
| The Compleat Angler | 15 |
| Frontispiece, Izaak Walton, engraved by C. Sigrist after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| Drawings on pp.65, 108, 117, 121, 127, 129, 135, 138 and 161 by T. L. Poulton | |
| Chap.1. A conference betwixt an Angler, a Faulkner, and a Hunter . . . | 15 |
| Chap.2. Observations of the Otter and Chub | 44 |
| Chap.3. How to fish for, and to dress the Chavender or Chub | 50 |
| Chap.4. Observations of the nature and breeding of the Trout . . . | 55 |
| Chap.5. More directions how to fish for, . . . the Trout . . . | 64 |
| Chap.6. Observations of the Umber/Grayling . . . | 97 |
| Chap.7. Observations of the Salmon . . . | 99 |
| Chap.8. Observations of the Luce or Pike . . . | 104 |
| Chap.9. Observations of the Carp . . . | 113 |
| Chap.10. Observations of the Bream . . . | 120 |
| Chap.11. Observations of the Tench . . . | 125 |
| Chap.12. Observations of the Pearch . . . | 127 |
| Chap.13. Observations of the Eele . . . | 131 |
| Chap.14. Observations of the Barbel . . . | 137 |
| Chap.15. Observations of the Gudgion . . . | 141 |
| Chap.16. Is of nothing | 143 |
| Chap.17. Of Roach and Dace . . . | 152 |
| Chap.18. Of the Minnow or Penck . . . | 160 |
| Chap.19. Of several Rivers . . . | 163 |
| Chap.20. Of Fish-ponds . . . | 166 |
| Chap.21.Directions for making of a Line . . . | 169 |
| The Lawes of Angling . . . | 177 |
| Variants of 1676 | 181 |
| The Table, with additions | 194 |
| [The lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, Sanderson] | 213 |
| 5 Portraits engraved by C. Sigrist after portraits in the National Portrait Gallery unless otherwise stated (see Technical note) | |
| The life of [John] Donne with a portrait | 213 |
| Enlarged drawings of seals by T. L. Poulton | 252-3 |
| The life of [Sir Henry] Wotton with a portrait | 275 |
| The life of [Richard] Hooker with a portrait | 327 |
| The life of [George] Herbert after portrait . . . by R. White | 199 |
| The life of [Bp. Robert] Sanderson after a portrait . . . from Lincoln Palace | 461 |
| Index to the Lives | 528 |
| Love and Truth | 537 |
| Miscellaneous writings | 575 |
| The Life of Walton, by Geoffrey Keynes | 613 |
| Bibliographical notes | 620 |
[A]8 B-Z8 2B-2R8 2S4; inserts facing t.p. and pp.213, 199, 275, with portraits on versos, and loose protective tissues.
[i-iv] v [vi] vii-x, 1-212 [2] 215-631 [+5].
8¼" × 5⅛", white laid Pannekoek mould-made, top edge rough-gilt, other edges left rough; 12pt. Poliphilus, running-titles ‘THE COMPLEAT ANGLER’ up to p.176; 10 line block illustrations in text, hand-coloured stencilled but in many cases the colour has faded; line block illustrations in red on pp.252-3 and 161 by T. L. Poulton; 6 portraits engraved by Sigrist, frontispiece and on pp.213, 275, 327, 399, 461 printed from the copper by Alexander; full leather binding, medium brown calf?, sewn on 5 cords, sewn head- and tail-bands, spine: single gold fillet at head and tail, gold-blocked on 2nd panel: ‘THE COMPLEAT WALTON’, boards lined with red/blue combed marbled paper, and centred on front board a gold-blocked oval frame around the letters ‘I. W.’.
Shown at the Zwemmer Gallery 1930 (see Mzi).
Not in Curwen Library or 1963 handlist; added at the suggestion of Douglas Ball and Pat Gilmour Ac1; Herbert Simon (Simon 1973, p.217) mentions 9 hand-coloured stencilled drawings done by Curwen Press, i.e. the 9 by Poulton listed in the Contents. N.B. The t.p. is really a Contents list, and only the Half-title gives the correct title for the whole volume!
See Dreyfus 1981 cat. 61: confirms typeface, details the paper and production of illustrations, and binding; confirms that this 'was the first edition of Walton's complete writings'.
Nottingham copy numbered 91.
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Robin Phillips, 2015, revised 19/Oct/2020