The Compleat Angler

Lot 80
06.10.2022 12:00UTC -05:00
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$ 11 340
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ID 813672
Lot 80 | The Compleat Angler
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$ 8 000 – 12 000
The Compleat Angler

Izaak Walton, 1927

WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683) and COTTON, Charles (1630-1687). The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Edited by John Major. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1927.



A beautiful Cosway binding, the front cover inset with a watercolor scene by C.B. Currie after George Morland, entitled "The Angling Party." The Doheny copy. The miniature is a lovely scene, among the largest and most detailed of Currie's works.



Quarto (255 x 201mm). Illustrated by E. Fitch Daglish. Levant morocco by Rivière, the glazed miniature surrounded by a gilt rule and scrolling gilt grapevine ornaments, gilt-lettered above and below the miniature, lower cover with grapevine corner ornaments, spine in six compartments, gilt-lettered in two and with grapevine ornaments in the rest, board edges and turn-ins gilt, green moiré silk endleaves, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by the binder on upper turn-in and lower doublure and by the artist on upper doublure. Fleece-lined cloth slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny, American philanthropist, 1875-1958 (morocco bookplate, her sale, Christie’s New York, 18 October 1988, lot 1561).





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This lot contains ivory material and is offered pursuant to a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation license, a copy of which will be provided to the buyer. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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