Walton, Izaak. Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish and Fishing. Frowde, Henry. Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, E.C. London. Circa 1900. xix, 587 printed pages (text block shows a few slightly creased edges). Portrait frontispiece. Horace Hart, printer to Oxford University. India paper. All edges red. 48 x 53 mm. Original tan card, titled in red with black decorative borders minuscule edge wear; a few minor spots on back cover). From the fifth edition, 1676 - much corrected and enlarged. Scarcest Oxford miniature. Particularly uncommon in paper wrappers. Bondy, 117. Spielmann, 504-5. Welsh, 7030. OCLC, 10991384. WorldCat locates 15 copies worldwide (3 in the UK). 186 firsts2024