The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being A Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters that Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season, 1845-6

[Surtees, R. S.]

Edité par Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1846

First edition in book form, first issue, with titles and preface dated 1846 and with three of the plates dated Nov. 9th. Illustrated by Henry Alken, with hand-colored title page, frontispiece and five other colored plates, and 43 wood engravings in the text. 1 vols. 4to. An internally fine copy of the classic work; Tooley notes "There are early states of some of the plates with the imprint dated Nov. 9th not Nov. 19th"; in this volume there are three such early states. Tooley 470, Schwerdt II, p. 232-33; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 359 Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, panelled spine, sprinkled edges, covers rubbed, else fine; with Ackermann's 191 Regent Street label on front pastedown, with the armorial bookplate of Robert Fiennes Hibbert, and signature of Geo. D. Hibbet, Chalfont Illustrated by Henry Alken, with hand-colored title page, frontispiece and five other colored plates, and 43 wood engravings in the text. 1 vols. 4to First edition in book form, first issue, with titles and preface dated 1846 and with three of the plates dated Nov. 9th. N° de réf. du vendeur 19625

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Titre : The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being A ...
Éditeur : Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London
Date d'édition : 1846
Edition : Edition originale