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WALTON, Izaak & Charles COTTON]. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. London: for R. Marriot and to be sold by Charles Harper, 1668. Small 8° (147 x 92mm.). Title engraved in part, P4 v (p.215) printed upside down, engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary speckled calf panelled in blind (joints slightly split, small chip from head of spine). Provenance : George Savile? (semi-erased signature on title); William Hawkins (inscription dated 1691 on p.255); C.Halford (inscription dated 1752 on front endpaper); Thomas Francis Fremantle (armorial bookplate). 'Fourth' edition. A fine unsophisticated copy of the fifth of six issues to appear during Walton's lifetime. Wing W-665; Westwood and Satchell p.219.