. The complete angler, or The contemplative man's recreation. Fishing. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED NOTES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER. T)REVIOUS to entering upon the following series -*- of illustrative Notes, it may be advantageous to state what were the books to which the Authors of the preceding work have referred in the course of it; and, so far as they now can be ascertained, to specify the probable editions which they consulted. By doing this Walton's principal authorities will appear at one view; and by numbering each article separately, a connection will be formed between them and th
. The complete angler, or The contemplative man's recreation. Fishing. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED NOTES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER. T)REVIOUS to entering upon the following series -*- of illustrative Notes, it may be advantageous to state what were the books to which the Authors of the preceding work have referred in the course of it; and, so far as they now can be ascertained, to specify the probable editions which they consulted. By doing this Walton's principal authorities will appear at one view; and by numbering each article separately, a connection will be formed between them and the fol- lowing Notes, without the continual repetition of the title of any volume which may be referred to. Walton, by an admirable selection of his authors, was en- abled to quote not only the best, most learned, and most popular writers of his own time, but he also was rendered capable of citing numerous ancient classics, as well as the works nf many eminent foreigners,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687; Major, John, 1782-1849, [from old catalog] ed. Boston, Little, Brown, and company
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