Walton, Izaak

2 volumes, 4to (10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.; 270 x 180 mm). Engraved titles, titles in red and black, profusely illustrated with engravings after Stothard and Inskipp including many full page, plates and vignettes on mounted India paper.  Full brown morocco, elaborately gilt cottage-roof design to covers, spines with raised bands in six compartments, gilt titles and text in second and third, others with elaborate repeat gilt floral motif, all edges gilt and richly marbled, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers; very minor nicks to the spine head of vol. I, spines faded. 

Coigney 44; Horne 43; Oliver 41

FIRST NICOLAS EDITION. One of the finest illustrated editions of Walton ever produced.