The 1927 large paper edition of The Compleat Angler, published in London by Thornton Butterworth Limited, contains the works of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.  It is reprinted from John Major’s edition from 1889.  This book is one of a hundred large paper copies printed on hand-made paper in an edition de luxe with sixteen wood engravings of birds and fish by the English artist and engraver Eric Fitch Daglish.  On the verso of the title page is the imprint, "The Compleat Angler" was first published in 1653.  The first edition contained the first part only by Izaak Walton.  The fifth edition was issued in 1676 and included the second part by Charles Cotton.  John Major's edition was first published in 1823.  This edition de luxe is reprinted from Major's edition of 1889 and is published in 1927 with an additional plated signed by the artist.  It is limited to 100 numbered copies.  50 are for sale in the United States of America, and 50 are for sale in Great Britain and elsewhere. This is copy No. 62."  The engravings of Eric Fitch Daglish are held in the permanent collections of  the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.