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Edité par Payne & MacKinlay, London, 1808
Vendeur : Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, Royaume-Uni
Soft Cover. Etat : Fair. Soft card sewn binding is intact with absent worn away spine and two detached boards. 10 engraved plates present.316 pp. Printed for Payne and Mackinlay, in the Strand; and Cuthell and Martin , Middle Row, Holborn. Photographs can be requested. Excellent rebinding project.
Edité par Printed for Payne and Mackinlay, in the Strand; and Cuthell and Martin, Middle Row, Holborn, London, 1808
Vendeur : James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition. First edition. With 10 engraved plates. xi, [i], 316 pp. Printed by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell, pp. 241-242 Bound in three quarters morocco, slightly rubbed at joints, by Riviere & Son. Bookplate of Samuel Lambert With 10 engraved plates. xi, [i], 316 pp. Printed by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden. 1 vols. 12mo.
Date d'édition : 1808
Vendeur : Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Payne and Mackinlay. 1808. 8vo. Twentieth century plum cloth, gilt lettering to spine; pp. xii + 316, 10 plates; small portion missing from middle if top edge of ffep, previous gift inscription to verso of ffep, a little occasional browning, very good. First edition. A comprehensive work on angling by the author of the celebrated Oriental Field Sports (1819). This volume does not deal with fish in India,where Williamson was stationed for much of his career, but with British species of both fresh and salt water.
Edité par Edward Orme, London: Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street., 1814
Vendeur : Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. WHITCOMBE T. SUTHERLAND T. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. The uncommon, 1814, 1st edition, 110 coloured plates, including the Supplement on NSW. In 20th century maroon straight grain crushed morocco, decorative gilt & blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, worn slightly along joints & edges. Internally, frontis, [180] pp, 110 coloured plates (including the supplement), half title discarded, all edges gilt, some very light offsetting from some plates to text, some spotting to blank eps, red marbled endpapers, decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins. The all important supplement, by the author, has its own title page, 1813, and is dedicated to Rear Admiral Bligh. The fep is watermarked Abbey Mills Green field, plates are dated 1813, & watermarked J Whatman 1811, the paper is watermarked 1810. (286*223 mm). (Abbey Travel 2; Ferguson 577. Schwerdt 1, p177-9. Prideaux 283, 357. Bobins 337). OCLC locates very few 1st editions, 3 in the US, 1 in Australia & 3 in the UK. Superb plates depicting hunting, fishing, whaling, bull-fighting, bear trapping etc. around the world, and including the 10 supplementary scenes of aboriginal hunting and customs. First edition of "the most beautiful book on Indian sporting in existence" (Schwerdt). The text is taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served in Bengal for twenty years. Bound from the 20 original parts and containing 'the finest impressions of the plates' (Tooley) by H. Merke, J. Hamble, and Viveres after Howitt's drawings after Williamson.