On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 at 15:00:31 in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly Wolfgang
wrote:
On Feb 8, 3:42 am, Nogood Boyo wrote:
[...]

I'll post a few of the opening pages of the first edition at
www.abertawe.co.uk/compleat/compleat.htm
(each pic about 60KB) and as a .PDF (2MB) in
alt.binaries.pictures.fishing
so that you can get a flavour. Reading the original version, squiggles
and all, is so much more fun..!

BTW, there's only one instance of the spelling "Compleat" in the first
edition - it's "Complete" everywhere but on the title page.

Fascinating stuff.....at least to those of us with a thing for books.
Also surprising. Although I've long been aware that books evolve, I'd
never heard anything about changes in this one despite having been an
English major......at a university with a College of Natural Resources
(where Walton, among others, was worshipped as something of a demi-
god).....continuing to be an avid angler, the fact that "The Compleat
Angler" is regarded as a classic of English literature even outside of
angling circles, and having read both the book and about it for a long
time.

Looking forward to seeing the pages.....assuming that I can figure out
how to get to abpi on Google groups.

Sorry, I've been unable to post them to a.b.p.f but the pages should be
viewable at the web address I gave. Or I could email you, if you're
happy about that. Or I could try to find a further copy of the
facsimile for you, if you like. I didn't pay much for mine - no more
than 15GBP.

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Nogood Boyo