FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes... from drawings by Messrs.
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FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS
Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes... from drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Mansarich, &c. with a supplement of New South Wales, half-title, 110 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light off-setting, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, g.e., rubbed [Abbey, Travel 3; Ferguson 739; Schwerdt I, 179], 4to, H.R. Young, 1819
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

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  • "The coloured plates in this work, especially those drawn by Howitt, are fine, both as regards draughtsmanship and colouring, and the production as a whole possesses a certain cachet..." (Schwerdt). Includes the supplement of ten plates illustrating hunting and activities in New South Wales. See illustration on preceding page.

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