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Lot 167

BARLOW (FRANCIS)
A Sett of Prints of Hunting, Hawking, & Fishing, [n.p., n.d., but after 1671]

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BARLOW (FRANCIS)

A Sett of Prints of Hunting, Hawking, & Fishing, engraved pictorial title, 12 engraved plates by Wenceslas Hollar (4 signed in the plate) and Gayford after Barlow, comprising 2 series each numbered 1-6, modern calf antique gilt [cf. Schwerdt I, p.52; cf. Harting 33; Westwood & Satchell p.23], oblong 4to (224 x 330mm.), [n.p., n.d., but after 1671]

Footnotes

GOOD COPY WITH WIDE MARGINS of Barlow's "very interesting set of engravings showing English methods of hunting, hawking, and fishing in the middle of the 17th century" (Schwerdt). The plates comprise: Stagg Hunting; Coursing Fallow Deere; Partridge Hawking; Otter Hunting; River Fishing; Angling; Hare Hunting; Cony Catching; Fox Hunting; Peasant Hawking; Hern Hawking; Salmon Fishing.

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