2 volumes. Abridgement of the Lives of the Authors by John Hawkins. Edited with notes by J.E. Harting. Illustrated with etchings on Japan vellum by Percy Thomas, engravings of Riverside animals & birds by G.E. Lodge, & from paintings by John Linnell. (Large 8vo) 25x19 cm (9¾x7½"), vellum-backed green cloth, gilt-stamped crane on front covers, gilt-lettered and piscatorially stamped spines, cloth dust wrappers lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. From an edition of 350 copies, this copy designated number 7 of "ten over copies". Tercentenary (First Harting) Edition.
An important edition of Walton's classic angling work, this edition containing the lives of Walton & Cotton, abridged from the Hawkins editions, to which are added notes by the new editor. Harting was the librarian of the Linnean Society of London.