Which author wrote the book "The Compleat Angler" in 1653?

"The Compleat Angler" (the spelling is sometimes modernised to "The Complete Angler") is a book by Izaak Walton. It was first published in 1653 by Richard Marriot in London. Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse.

Walton was born in Stafford and moved to London when he was in his teens in order to learn a trade. "The Compleat Angler" reflects the author´s connections with these two locations. The book was dedicated to John Offley of Madeley, Staffordshire, and there are references in it to fishing in the English Midlands. However, the work begins with Londoners making a fishing trip to the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire.

Walton´s sources included earlier publications on the subject of fishing, such as the "Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle" included in the Book of Saint Albans. 6 verses were quoted from John Dennys's 1613 work "The Secrets of Angling".