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London, printed only for Thomas Hope at the Bible and Anchor opposite the North Gate of the Royal-Exchange Thread-Needle-Street; and sold by him and Sackville Parker at Oxford; Richard Matthews at Cambridge; and Samuel Trimmer at Derby, 1760.. TITLE CONTINUED: To which are now prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. Illustrated with cuts of the several Kinds of River-Fish, and of the Implements used in Angling, Views of the principal Scenes described in the Book. And notes Historical, Critical and Explanatory. FIRST HAWKINS EDITION 1760. 8vo, approximately 175 x 110 mm, 7 x 4½ inches, slightly trimmed copy, 15 full page engraved plates including portrait of Charles Cotton, 2 plates of music and 3 plates of fishing tackle, 17 small copper engravings of fish in the text, plus 1 extra woodcut illustration of an early angler, 1 engraved headpiece, pages: lvi, xxii, 1-303, [1], xlviii, iv, ii, iv, 1-128, plus 8 pages of index, bound in full black morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to…