Cotton charles ephemera editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Thus. 8vo. 317pp. Illus.,3 plates. Brown embossed cloth. Spine and covers rubbed and bumped, front cover stained, ink signature on ffep, foxed. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1859 (1853/1653). 311pp. Fair/None. Hard yellow pictorial boards with some rubbing/chipping to edges, a little damp marking/soiling, a little scuffing, spine covered with black tape. Contents generally clean & tight but for a little soiling/browning, some damp marking. Name label to ffep. Plate at frontis has been coloured in. B&W illustrations throughout. Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton's seminal book on the art of angling, fist published in 1653. The first part is by Walton, the second by Cotton. Edited by Ephemera, pseudonym of Edward Fitzgibbon. This edition also includes facsimile of the original edition's title page, Sketch of Walton's Life and Sketch of Cotton's Life. This is a rare copy of the 1859 edition in the very rare yellow pictorial paper boards.…