By Izaak Walton
London   John Major
8" by 5" xviii, 503pp
A beautifully bound edition of Izaak Walton's 'Lives', sumptuously bound by Riviere and Son, complete with detailed plates throughout.
By Izaak Walton

1825 The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson

London   John Major
8" by 5" xviii, 503pp
A beautifully bound edition of Izaak Walton's 'Lives', sumptuously bound by Riviere and Son, complete with detailed plates throughout.
£1,200.00
: 1kgs / : 878P34

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Description

Fine Binding, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

The first John Major edition.

In a striking morocco binding by Riviere and Son.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and engravings.

Collated, complete.

A series of insightful and concise biographies by Izaak Walton, commonly known as 'Walton's Lives'.

This volume explores the lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson.

Bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to the front paste down.

Condition

In a full morocco binding by Riviere and Son. Externally, very smart. Spine is a little faded. Very light bumping to the extremities. Very light rubbing to the spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Tipped-in note from prior seller to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Fine

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