Author:
WILLIAMSON Captain Thomas, HOWITT, ATKINSON, CLARK, MANSKIRCH et al
Title:
Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c. &c. With a Supplement of New South Wales, Containing One Hundred and Ten Plates. From drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c.
Price:
£2000.00
Year:
1814-1813
Edition:
1st edn
Publisher:
Edward Orme, printseller to his Majesty
Summary:
Unpaginated 4to. 110 hand-coloured plates. Each plate accompanied by explanatory text. 100 plates to the first part, second title page for the New South Wales section with 10 coloured plates, all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down of Mr Robt Maxwell, some light spotting to blank end papers. Bound in contemporary full straight-grained dark green Morocco binding, gilt tooled and blind stamped frames to the boards. The spine with raised bands gilt ornate tooling to 4 compartments and gilt title. Some light surface rubbing to the edges. The work depicts all manner of hunting sports and trapping, including big game hunting, whaling, fishing, birding, hunting in North America, Germany, Lapland, Spain, Russia, India, Asia and Africa, bull fighting in Spain. The New South Wales supplement with the illustrations of the 'Field sports depicting hunting and customs of the Indigenous Peoples. "The colour plates in this work, especially those drawn by Howitt, are both fine as regards draughtsmanship and production" Schwerdt 1, 177-179.Abbey Travel 2
Ref:
23809
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