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Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1892 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 74 Language: English.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1808 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 310.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
Livre impression à la demande
LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1808 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 378.
Edité par Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2004
ISBN 10 : 1843428288ISBN 13 : 9781843428282
Vendeur : Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, Royaume-Uni
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SB. 2 vols., 306 pp + 21 colour plates & 239 pp.+ index + 21 colour plates, 2004 N&MP Facsimile Reprint of 1819 Original EditionPublished Price £58 The field sports - hunting, shooting and fishing - that they enjoyed at home were also essential to the expatriate lifestyle of the gentlemen who ran the British Empire. The abundant opportunities for hunting big game and other exotic species meant that many well-known sportsmen made their reputations on the plains and in hills of India, Burma and Ceylon.These two volumes cover hunting in the East, particularly India, at the beginning of the 19th Century. An outstanding feature of the books are the many superb colour illustrations taken from lithographs by the well-known animal artist Samuel Howitt. The text, by the military sportsman Captain Thomas Williamson, is of interest both to natural historians as well as to hunters, containing as it does the natural history and the hunting of the elephant, rhinoceros, tiger, leopard, bear, deer, buffalo, wolf, wild hog, jackal, wild dog, and the civet. The field sports celebrated in these books may have gone out of fashion in our â politically correctâ age, but these memoirs and the many coloured plates are an item for the collector to treasure.
Edité par Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10 : 1016430388ISBN 13 : 9781016430388
Vendeur : moluna, Greven, Allemagne
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Etat : New.
Edité par Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10 : 1016434936ISBN 13 : 9781016434935
Vendeur : Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Royaume-Uni
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paperback. Etat : New. New. book.
Edité par Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10 : 1847340164ISBN 13 : 9781847340160
Vendeur : Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, Royaume-Uni
Livre
SB. 2 vols., 306 pp + 21 colour plates & 239 pp.+ index + 21 colour plates, 2004 N&MP Facsimile Reprint of 1819 Original Edition The field sports - hunting, shooting and fishing - that they enjoyed at home were also essential to the expatriate lifestyle of the gentlemen who ran the British Empire. The abundant opportunities for hunting big game and other exotic species meant that many well-known sportsmen made their reputations on the plains and in hills of India, Burma and Ceylon.These two volumes cover hunting in the East, particularly India, at the beginning of the 19th Century. An outstanding feature of the books are the many superb colour illustrations taken from lithographs by the well-known animal artist Samuel Howitt. The text, by the military sportsman Captain Thomas Williamson, is of interest both to natural historians as well as to hunters, containing as it does the natural history and the hunting of the elephant, rhinoceros, tiger, leopard, bear, deer, buffalo, wolf, wild hog, jackal, wild dog, and the civet. The field sports celebrated in these books may have gone out of fashion in our â politically correctâ age, but these memoirs and the many coloured plates are an item for the collector to treasure.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1818
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). 34 For "Oriental Field Sports".
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. 39 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Siltzer p.164.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1818
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). 32 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning in to aquatint. He teamed up with Howett - a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India and Williamson's work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain's new addition to the empire.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Siltzer p.164.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). 36 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning in to aquatint. He teamed up with HowItt - a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India and Williamson's work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain's new addition to the empire.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). 41 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning in to aquatint. He teamed up with Howett - a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India and Williamson's work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain's new addition to the empire.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). Siltzer p. 164. For "Oriental Field Sports".
Edité par Edward Orme, 1819
Vendeur : M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, Etats-Unis
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Soft cover. Etat : Fair. Howitt, Samuel (illustrateur). 2nd Edition. Original Second Edition of this classic early 19th century portrayal of the wildlife and the sporting life of colonial British India. Distinguished by hand-colored aquatint plates of drawings by Samuel Howitt. In this copy, the 39 plates present are generally in very Good condition and the original tissue guards remain intact with most. However, this copy lacks Plate No. 40 and the several following pages of descriptive tex thatt had originally accompanied that plate are not present. Both the front and back covers are missing from this volume. Pages are detached or very loose between the front endpaper and the first page of narrative about Plate No. 1. Between that page and page 446 the binding is intact and an original leather backstrip is in place. Page 447/448 is detached. This copy is in a 9-1/2" by 12-3/4" format with "W. Lewis, printer" stated on the verso of the title page. So, again, Plates 1-39 are present, with Plate 40 is absent. The title illustration with the tiger is present but among the pages detached at front. Due to the size and condition of this volume, shipping is available in the U.S. only.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 490mm. (14.75 by 19.25 inches). 38 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning in to aquatint. He teamed up with Howett - a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India and Williamson's work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain's new addition to the empire. Siltzer p.164.
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1819
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 370 by 490mm. (14.50 by 19.25 inches). 37 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning in to aquatint. He teamed up with Howett - a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India and Williamson's work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain's new addition to the empire. Siltzer p.164.
Edité par London: T. McLean, Oct. 1819., 1819
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Single sheet, (17 ½ x 22 ¼ inches). Fine aquatint engraving showing fishermen in the Ganges River (slightly toned). Second edition, first published in 1807/8. A wonderfully detailed hand-colored aquatint sporting print by Samuel Howitt from the octavo edition of his book "Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East." This scene was rendered for the book by Howitt based on Captain Thomas Williamson's original on-site sketches. Howitt was a keen sportsman, hunter, rider, and angler. "A self-taught artist, he turned professional when financial difficulties forced him to earn a living. He drew on his enthusiasm and knowledge as a sportsman and produced sporting and natural history paintings, etchings, and illustrations. He sometimes worked in oils but more frequently in watercolours, and he was an accomplished etcher" (Ruth Cohn for DNB).
Edité par Thomas McLean London, 1818
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Aquatint engraving with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 375 by 495mm. (14.75 by 19.50 inches). 33 For Oriental Field Sports, 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt). Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning in to aquatint. He teamed up with Howett - a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India and Williamson's work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain's new addition to the empire.
Edité par Edward Orme. April 1,1806., London., 1806
Vendeur : Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australie
Edition originale
Hand-coloured aquatint, 33.7 x 44.4 cm; 47.8 x 59.5cm (sheet), sheet watermarked E&P 1804, sealed marginal tear lower right and chip to the top edge (neither affecting the image or platemark), the margins a little dusty, but a fine dark impression in very good condition. An exquisitely printed image, plate number XII, prepared for the folio (first) edition, Part 13 of Captain Thomas Williamson and Samuel Howett's "Oriental Field Sports." A richly coloured, atmospheric image of a tiger stealing into a cattle pen with a full moon emerging from a cloudy sky: a dog barking, guarding the cattle taking flight. Delineated by Samuel Howitt "from the original design of Captain Thomas Williamson." From the preferred large format edition. Abbey Travel 427#25.
Edité par London: Edward Orme, 1819, 1819
Vendeur : David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, Etats-Unis
"The Manners, Customs, Scenery, and Costume of a Territory, Now Intimately Blended with the British Empire" (Preface) Forty Magnificent Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas, [Author, Illustrator], [HOWITT, Samuel, Illustrator]. Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East; and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, the Tiger, the Leopard, the Bear, the Deer, the Buffalo, the Wolf, the Wild Hog, the Jackall, the Wild Dog, the Civet, and other Undomesticated Animals. as likewise the different species of Feathered Game, Fishes, and Serpents. The Whole interspersed with a variety of Original, Authentic, and Curious Anecdotes, Taken from the Manuscript and Designs of Captain Thomas Williamson. The Drawings by Samuel Howitt, Made Uniform in Size, and Engraved by the First Artists. Second Edition. London: Published by Edward Orme, [1819]. Second edition, later issue with plates watermarked 1828. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 327 x 241 mm.). [xii], [2, list of plates], 455, [1] pp. Forty magnificent hand-colored aquatint plates with original? loose tissue guards. Some very slight offsetting to text from plates, otherwise a very fine example. On the verso of the title-page is the imprint "W. Lewis, Printer." Contemporary full dark red straight-grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind. Spine with four shallow raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins, original dark gray/brown end-papers, all edges gilt. Small early booksellers description on front paste-down. Fine. The second edition of the finest book ever published on Indian sport and one of the great plate books of the period. Two cheaper editions published in 1807 and 1808 were both reduced in size. Williamson served in a British regiment in Bengal and was an avid sportsman while there. After being recalled to England, Williamson"s knowledge of wild life and Oriental sports come to the notice of Orme, who contracted this present work from 1805-1807. The painter Samuel Howitt was hired to prepare finished watercolors based on Williamson"s original sketches during his time in India. The result was "the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence" (Schwerdt). Abbey, Travel, II, 431; Tooley, 510; Schwerdt II, p. 298; Mellon, British Sporting and Animal Prints, p. 203.
Edité par London: W. Bulmer for E. Orme and B. Crosby, 1808., 1808
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
2 volumes, 4to., (11 3/8 x 9 inches). Additional lithographed title-pages, dedication to George III, and 40 fine tinted aquatint plates by J. Clark after Samuel Howett (some occasional, mostly marginal spotting). Contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt, all edges gilt (minor rubbing to joints and edges). Provenance: with the bookplates of Edward Francis Hutton on the front paste-down of each volume; with the small bookplate of Wolfgang A. Herz on the front paste-down of each volume, his sale "Important Voyages and Travels" Christies 9th December 2009, lot 159. First quarto edition, an early issue with plates and text watermarked 1805 and 1806, and an attractive copy. "Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East, and Exhibiting, in a Novel and interesting Manner, the Natural History of the Elephant, the Tiger, the Rhinoceros." (subtitle). "A self-taught artist, he turned professional when financial difficulties forced him to earn a living. He drew on his enthusiasm and knowledge as a sportsman and produced sporting and natural history paintings, etchings, and illustrations. He sometimes worked in oils but more frequently in watercolours, and he was an accomplished etcher" (Ruth Cohn for DNB). Abbey Travel 431; Tooley 510. **We original watercolors related to this title. Please inquire with Alison Petretti.
Edité par Edward Orme, London: Bond-Street, The Corner of Brook-Street., 1807
Vendeur : Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. WILLIAMSON Thomas Captain. HOWITT Samuel (MERKE Henri. VIVARES. HAMBLE J). (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Contains one of the finest series of sporting plates ever published (Hardie). 1st edition, 41 hand coloured aquatints. In half brown morocco over light green cloth, by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, some gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, additional hand coloured title page, [4] tp & dedication, (ii) preface, 150 pp (includes index), [1] pl list, plus 40 fine hand coloured plates by H. Merke after Howitt and Williamson, dated 1805-7, watermarked J Whatman 1804, with the early pl 31 Hunting Jackalls, floral endpapers, a.e.g., occasional light marginal spotting. Large oblong folio. (book 462*600 & sheets 447*572 mm). Abbey Travel 427; Schwerdt II, pp. 297-98; Tooley 508. "The most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence." (Schwerdt). "The book is not only a mine of information as to the manners, customs, scenery, and costume of India, but contains one of the finest series of sporting plates ever published." (Martin Hardie, English Coloured Books, 1906). A very good copy with the plates generally clean and bright. The first edition of 1807 in large folio, with the early watermarks, and first state of plate XXXI (Hunting Jackalls). The work had been issued for subscribers in twenty monthly parts between June 1805 and January 1807. Title continues: and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals: As likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents / the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes, taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upward of twenty years in Bengal; the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.
Edité par London: printed by William Bulmer and Co., for Edward Orme, 1807, 1807
Vendeur : Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
A superlative copy with pre-publication watermarks of the rare first edition of "the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence" (Schwerdt) and justifiably described by the distinguished art historian Martin Hardie as "one of the finest series of sporting plates ever published". The vivacious Samuel Howitt was a self-taught artist who started life as a man of independent means; he was a keen sportsman, hunter, rider, and angler. He "turned professional when financial difficulties forced him to earn a living. He drew on his enthusiasm and knowledge as a sportsman and produced sporting and natural history paintings, etchings, and illustrations" (ODNB). He was Thomas Rowlandson's brother-in-law and his "early watercolour style has similarities to Rowlandson's, but Howitt developed a more individual style as his career as a sporting artist progressed. He seems to have had an innate capacity for drawing animals, from commonplace hare and deer to exotic species that he studied in menageries. He was an animated draughtsman, and his drawings of hunts and sporting events have a fluidity and excitement fitting to the subject" (ibid.). The author, Captain Thomas Williamson, was a multi-faceted soldier who served for 20 years with the Bengal army. Peremptorily dismissed from the service after voicing his opinion on British military policy in a newspaper article, he was forced to become, in the words of one historian, a reluctant "hack polymath" (Edwards, p. 674). In the present work he describes his "pig-sticking adventures; shooting tigers from machans [a platform erected in a tree] and elephant back, hunting buffalo, driving hogs, bears and wolves; and shooting peacocks and other game", creating "a benchmark in capturing the sporting bibliophile's imagination" (Czech). The work was issued for subscribers in twenty monthly parts between June 1805 and January 1807. The publisher Edward Orme was, "after Rudolph Ackermann, the most important publisher of illustrated books during the short golden age of the coloured aquatint" (ODNB); and for this enterprise he employed the services of the finest London printer of the day, William Bulmer. While bridling at the published price of twenty guineas "a trifle in a Nabob's pocket: but Nabobs are not numerous in England" the reviewer in the Monthly Review commented that "much entertainment for the eye, and much information for the mind, will be found in this splendid volume". He closes by observing that the plates, "handsomely framed" would "make an appropriate decoration of an apartment fitted up in the Asiatic style"; and thereby giving some indication of the destiny, even from an early date, of many copies of this superb book to be broken by print dealers. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Henry C. B. Bowles (1831-1918) by Henry Salt, a noted heraldic engraver. Bowles, of independent means, was JP for Middlesex and last governor of the New River Company; his residence, Myddelton House, a handsome Regency villa near Enfield, is known today for its fine gardens. Abbey, Travel, 427; Czech p. 228; Schwerdt II, 297; Tooley (1954) 508. The Monthly Review, September to December, 1807; Owain Edwards, "Captain Thomas Williamson of India", Modern Asian Studies, 14, 4, 980; Martin Hardie, English Coloured Books, 1906. Landscape folio (460 x 560 mm). Mid-19th-century red half morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt-lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, others with gilt scrolling decoration enclosing a foliate lozenge surrounded by stars and circlets, sides and corners trimmed with blind wavy line and gilt anthemion rolls, original blue stencil-coloured part wrapper mounted on front cover, Turkish pattern marbled sides and endpapers, gilt edges. Complete with the additional hand-coloured title and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, all by Henri Merke, excepting 31, soft-ground etching with aquatint, by Viveres (Thomas Vivares), and 27 & 34, stipple engravings with aquatint, by J. Hamble; watermarks: J. Whatman 1804 (for the plates) and J. Whatman 1804 and E & P 1804 (for the text); with plate XXXI ("Hunting Jackalls") in the first state. Professional repair to foot of front joint, first few leaves lightly creased, a number of leaves lightly cockled at head. An excellent copy, clean and bright and handsomely bound.
Edité par London: Thomas M'Lean, 1819., 1819
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
2 volumes in one. Oblong folio (17 6/8 x 22 2/8 inches). Plate list in English and French. Pochoir frontispiece half-title, and 40 hand-coloured plates after Williamson and Howitt. Contemporary full green morocco, elaborately gilt by Pfister Co, all edges gilt. "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK ON INDIAN SPORT IN EXISTENCE" (Schwerdt) Second edition, first published in 1807 and 1808. Howitt was a keen sportsman, hunter, rider, and angler. "A self-taught artist, he turned professional when financial difficulties forced him to earn a living. He drew on his enthusiasm and knowledge as a sportsman and produced sporting and natural history paintings, etchings, and illustrations. He sometimes worked in oils but more frequently in watercolours, and he was an accomplished etcher" (Ruth Cohn for DNB). cf. Abbey Travel 427 (1807 edition); Schwerdt II, p.298 (1807 & 1808). **We original watercolors related to this title. Please inquire with Alison Petretti.