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Lot 133

WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWITT
Oriental Field Sports; being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East... the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, The Tiger, The Leopard, The Bear, The Deer, The Buffalo, The Wolf, The Wild Hog..., 2 vol. in 1, Edward Orme, [1819?]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWITT

Oriental Field Sports; being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East... the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, The Tiger, The Leopard, The Bear, The Deer, The Buffalo, The Wolf, The Wild Hog..., 2 vol. in 1, second edition, 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light offsetting to some plates, a few scattered spots, slight ink mark to plate 31, without additional title and dedication (not called for in this edition?), later red straight-grained morocco gilt, sides decorated with central lozenge-shaped panels and outer borders tooled in gilt and blind, gilt panelled spine, inner gilt dentelles, g.e. [cf. Abbey 427, note], 4to (315 x 235mm.), Edward Orme, [1819?]

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A handsomely bound copy of this undated second Orme edition. It was seemingly issued without a frontispiece as no other undated copy traced has one. See illustration on preceding page.

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