About “The Compleat Angler. Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation”
The Compleat Angler is a book about fishing written by Izaak Walton and first published in 1653 in London by Richard Marriot. Walton expanded the work over the next 25 years. The book combines prose and verse to celebrate the art and spirit of fishing. It was later illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1931. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1653
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