(London: for Samuel Bagster, In the Strand, 1808).

THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION. The Bagster printing of 1808 was the first to try an exact reprinting of the 1653 first edition.
A beloved classic of the English language and what many call the finest "How-To" book ever written; Walton's ANGLER has been described as "full of wisdom, kindly humour, and charity; it is one of the most delightful and care-dispelling books in the language." "More than most authors he lives in his writings, which are the pure expression of a kind, humorous and pious soul in love with nature, while the expression itself is unique for apparent simplicity which is really elaborately studied art" (DNB). Item #33798

The First Bagster Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout with a vignette half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 illustrations of fish within the text, full page engraved plates in black and white, 2 pages of engraved music, some additioinal wood cuts in the text. 8vo, bound in full antique mottled calf, the covers with triple gilt fillet rules and cornerpieces at the borders, the spine with raised bands, gilt ruled panels within the compartments are tooled with fishing motifs in gilt at the centers and elaborately decorated in gilt at the borders, lettered in gilt in two compartments, all edges gilt. vi, 512 pp. A very good and handsome copy with some mild rubbing to the extremities, the binding is strong, the text-block and illustrations are clean and well preserved.