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240811Paris, s.n., s.d. (1807) in-folio (48 x 36 cm), titre avec vignette coloriée, 48 planches, gravées à l'aquatinte et coloriées, maroquin bleu à grain long, dos lisse orné, encadrement de dent-de-rat, filet et guirlandes dorés sur les plats, chaînette dorée sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (reliure de la première moitié du XXe siècle).
1933ABC_45905Cambridge Mumbai New Delhi: Scott & Wilkinson Clifton & Co Hamilton Studios and Kinsey Bros. 1933. Oblong half morocco photograph album by W. Johnson & sons London. With 105 photographs mounted in the album ranging from 16 x 28 cm to 4 x 6 cm 2 photographs loosely inserted and a watercolour mounted at the back 11.5 x 21 cm. Unique photograph album showcasing the vigorous "fox" hunting scene in British India in the early 1930s particularly around Delhi. Most of the photographs show members of the British upper class in India often mounted on horses or posing for a group photograph and accompanied by hounds. The album contains no titles captions or inscriptions and the photographs do not seem to figure recurring individuals which suggests that it was probably compiled to commemorate the hunting and or riding club and its activities in the early 1930s. Numerous photographs show groups of mostly men posing with hounds at lunches and possibly a hunt ball or mounted on horses at jumping events and even a few cup trophies. The very first photograph is by Scott & Wilkinson in Cambridge active before 1933 and was therefore probably taken in England. The other inscribed photographs are by Clifton & Co. and Hamilton Studios from Bombay and Kinsey Bros. which started in New Delhi in 1935.British life in India mirrored life in native Britain and included popular equestrian activities such as hunting. Starting in the second half of the 19th century foxhounds were imported from Britain and subsequently bred in India. Regiments and brigades kept their own packs but at the beginning of the 20th century these had morphed into local hunts. Hounds were kept at over 12 hunting clubs which included Delhi Meerut Narbuda Vale Jaora Poona Bombay Bangalore Ooty Madras Lahore Quetta Peshawar and Karachi. Although the Indian silver fox was sometimes hunted the most common prey was the golden jackal.A different type of hunting popular in India was pig sticking: the chase of a wild boar on horseback with the spear. Several photographs in the album show pig sticking parties either posing or in action and sometimes accompanied by spectators on elephants. In contrast to the jackal-hunt parties the pigstick groups are composed of more military looking men and also include Indian men as opposed to the British-only hound groups.Most photographs show the area around Delhi and include a hunt near Shah Alam's Tomb. A photograph of this event is loosely inserted in the album and dated 1933/34 on the back. Other photographs show the Rashtrapati Bhavan one group shows the Earl later Marquess of Willingdon India's Governor-General from 1931 to 1936. Two images show the monumental Gateway of India completed in 1924 in Bombay Mumbai which can also be seen in an aerial photograph. Several photographs show what is probably the airfield at Karachi as it shows two airplanes loading mail on apparently the first voyage of the Indian Transcontinental Airways. Imperial Airways liner "Hanno" departing from Croydon had left for Karachi on 1 July 1933 via Bahrain and Sharjah. In Karachi the cargo was transferred to the Transcontinental airliner "Arethusa" as can be seen on the photographs.It is unclear why only half of the album was used. It is possible the compiler transferred to Kut in British Mesopotamia Kut al-Imara in modern Iraq. A watercolour on the final page of the album is captioned "A river bank north of Kut".Binding slightly rubbed and worn at the edges. Album leaves foxed throughout but most of the photographs in very good condition. The paper of the large photograph of the group near Shah Alam's Tomb is heavily damaged at the top and left side but the image itself is undamaged. A unique collection of British-Indian hunting photographs in very good condition.l Cf. Hamid "Riding with the Peshawar Vale hunt" thefridaytimes.com; Hunt "Delhi" in: Ten cities that made an empire; "1933 Eastwards: Karachi to Calcutta" indianairmails.com; Lucas Hunt and working terriers pp. 116-120; Mitter et al. The artful pose. Scott & Wilkinson, Clifton & Co, Hamilton Studios and Kinsey Bros., unknown
192033Paris, Bureaux du Journal, octobre 1836-août 1870 49 vol. grand in-8, env. 430 pp. par vol., 235 planches (sur 408), qqs bois à pleine page et nbx petits bois in-t., demi-chagrin noir réticulé, dos sobrement ornés à nerfs, filets dorés, couv. cons. (rel. fin du XIXe). Qqs rousseurs, parfois plus soutenues, qqs couv. défraîchies (parfois une déchirure plus ou moins prononcée, un petit mque angulaire, frustement restauré ou pas, ou un discret accroc), qqs rares cernes clairs, néanmoins bon exemplaire.
154814107Basileae, per Henrichum Petri, 1548. Petit in-folio (290 x 187 mm) de 408 pages mal chiffrées 385 (a6; A-Z6; Aa-Kk6), plein vélin, dos à nerfs, titre doré, triple filet à froid encadrant les plats. Petit manque de peau au premier plat, quelques feuillets légèrement brunis. Ex-libris manuscrit du XVIIIe: Ex bibliotheca Claperoniana au premier contreplat; ex dono sur la page de garde: Charles Freynier, 1825; ancienne collection Michel Slatkine père.
654351980. Original large colour-printed map of Qatar 104 x 74 cm. Topography based on 1:100000 scale series 1980 compiled and drawn by Hunting Surveys Limited for the Ministry of Public Works Qatar. Compiled and cartography by Hunting Geology and Geophysics Limited. In very good condition. Showing the maturation of Qatar's Oil and Gas Industries This is an extremely rare 1980 large-format bilingual geological map of Qatar produced by Hunting Geology and Geophysics for the Qatari government. Issued nearly a decade after independence the map played an important role in the country's continued development of its oil and gas industries the wealth from which was successfully leveraged to support wider social and economic development. The map covers the Qatari Peninsula its nearby islands including the Hawar Islands belonging to Bahrain and reclaimed coastal land using colour-shading to indicate a variety of sands gravels clay and stone as explained in the bilingual legends present at right which also indicate geological era. Roads carriageways highways tracks settlements oil wells pipelines waterways including wadis and other features including some maritime features sand banks reefs are recorded as explained in a legend at right. The level of detail is so extraordinary that even power lines and fences are noted. Additional information is also explained at right such as the local grid employed and a reliability diagram based on the surveys that form the basis of the map's data. Qatar's Oil Industry Takes Off The early history of Qatar's oil industry began in the 1920s and 1930s when the small sparsely populated British protectorate first attracted the interest of international oil companies exploring the Persian Gulf. In 1932 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company obtained the first oil concession in Qatar through a subsidiary the Iraq Petroleum Company. Initial exploration efforts included geological surveys and test drilling reflecting British hopes that Qatar might yield oil reserves comparable to those already found in neighbouring Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The first promising discovery came in 1939 at the Dukhan field on Qatar's western coast. However development was delayed by the outbreak of the Second World War which diverted resources and prevented large-scale extraction. Oil production in Qatar truly began after the war. In 1947 - 1948 the Dukhan field was finally brought into production with the first export shipment departing in December 1949. Revenues from oil began to replace traditional industries like pearling fishing and small-scale trade. Through the 1950s the Qatar Petroleum Company then an operating arm of the concession-holding consortium expanded infrastructure at Dukhan and the growing port of Umm Said Mesaieed which became the centre of refining and export operations. The influx of oil revenue initiated an era of modernisation. Beginning in the 1950s the ruling al-Thani family used oil income to fund public works schools healthcare and roads gradually transforming Qatar from a relatively poor Gulf sheikhdom into a state with rapidly improving infrastructure and services. This map was when Qatar's oil industry entered a period of rapid growth. The discovery and development of new offshore reserves were especially significant during this period including the Bul Hanine field located southeast of the Qatari peninsula. Discovered in 1970 and brought into production in 1972 Bul Hanine became a key contributor to Qatar's output during the 1970s reflecting the country's shift toward offshore exploration that would later define much of its energy sector. Qatar also steadily increased its role in managing the sector especially after independence. In the early 1970s the government negotiated increased participation in concessionary operations aligning with a broader regional trend across the Gulf and the wider Arab world. In 1974 Qatar achieved a majority state share in the Qatar Petroleum Company's operations reflecting the global momentum of resource nationalisation. Oil exports from fields such as Bul Hanine strengthened the young state's financial position enabling even further investments in education housing infrastructure and early industrialisation projects driven by the leadership of Emir Khalifa bin Hamad r. 1972 - 1995. This era also set the stage for the eventual development of Qatar's massive natural gas resources especially the North Field the largest natural gas field in the world which would propel the country into a new phase of energy leadership even as geopolitical incidents the 1973 Oil Embargo the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War caused turmoil in the oil and gas industries. Publication History and Census This map was compiled and drawn by the firm Hunting Geology and Geophysics in the late 1970s based on their own surveys and those of Seltrust Engineering Limited which prepared an equally rare explanatory booklet for the map OCLC and was published in 1980. In a sense the map can be seen as a successor to a 1970 geological map of Qatar previously sold by us which Hunting had a role in developing with the same title and dimensions as the present map similar involvement of the Qatari government in this case the Industrial Development Technical Centre and equivalent types of data reflected. However the present map is based on later surveys and benefits from a decade of additional technological advances making it a rather unique work rather than a second edition. In any event the present map is very scarce noted only among the holdings of the Library of Congress and with no known market history. Cartographer Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. 1952 - 1987 was a British surveying firm that specialized in cutting-edge methods of mapping especially aeromagnetic surveys and focused on discovering potential reserves of natural resources especially fossil fuels. It was part of the larger Hunting group originally founded in 1874 as a shipping company by Charles Hunting and later moving into aircraft surveying and petroleum. Companies within the Hunting group frequently merged with each other and with outside acquisitions leading to frequent name changes; in this case Hunting Aerosurveys founded 1944 merged with Hunting Geophysics founded 1952 to form Hunting Surveys in 1960. In 1965 a public company was formed called Hunting Associated Industries Ltd. which included Hunting Surveys Holdings Ltd. but not a new entity Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. which remained part of the privately-owned Hunting Group. In 1987 Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. was closed down in a consolidation process that saw the public company now Hunting plc buy out the Hunting Group though the Hunting family retains a significant share of the company's stock and one of its members remains Chairman of the Board. Hunting Geophysics and later Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. made pioneering surveys of Great Britain itself along with several countries in Central Africa seeking uranium and other minerals the Philippines Ethiopia and especially countries in the Middle East where the company conducted critically important surveys that helped to develop the lucrative oil industries of the United Arab Emirates Qatar and Kuwait among others. OCLC 35277935 1980. unknown
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51835Veuve Bouchard-Huzard.1861.In-4 en demi-maroquin à coins rouges.Frontispice,photo de Crémière.118 pages.Nombreuses photos sous serpente,au nombre de 8 signées par l'Auteur.Très rare,tiré à 150 exemplaires.Bel ouvrage avec qques rousseurs.
51418Pazris.Veuve Bouchard-Huzard.1861.In-4 en demi-maroquin à coins rouge.Tirage à 150 exemplaires.Ex.117 signé par l'Auteur.8 photographies. par Crémière,Hanfstaengl et Platel.Bel exemplaire.Tête dorée.Quelques rousseurs.
51419Herissant.Paris.1769.In-4 en plein maroquin rouge.2 parties.108 pages.Edition originale complète des 39 planches.Bel exemplaire avec tranches dorées.
110376aafLondon Edward Orme Printseller to his Majesty, New Bond Street, Howlett and Brimmer, Printers Frith Street, Soho, (Plates dated 1813), n.d. (1819), in-folio, 2 leaves (half-title & titlepage) + 170 p. + 1 leaf (Index) + 110 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, and Manskirch. engraved ex-libris with coat of arms -Charles Langton Massingberd- with devise -Est Meruisse Satis- (It is sufficient to have deserved), contemporary full straight-grained dark morocco binding, large giltframe on both covers, traces of use, joints starting, but firm, inside joints reinforced with leather, edges of boards a bit scuffed. Spine richly gilt.
157320255AB1573. Paris Jaques du Puys 1573. 225 : 155 cm. 22 leaves with 14 full-page woodcuts. Brown full marroqui gilt filetts on boards spine gilt and with title slipcase. Early edition very rare! The work was so successful that it was reprinted more than a hundred times between the 16th and 20th centuries. Leaves 2 and 3 are occupied by an epistle by Jean de Clamorgan Au Roy Charles Neufieme. Clamorgan's book whose merit is indisputable has had the rare fortune to see its fate linked to that of the Maison Rustique but it is not uncommon to see Clamorgan's work sell for more than the complete volume. Thiébaud. - 14 fine woodcuts 136 x 108 mm illustrate the practice and technique of wolf hunting. - "Fourteen woodcuts of wolves and techniques of the hunt first used in Du Puy's edition of 1566. Also at Harvard are two Gabriel Cartier editions of 1584 and 1597 without place of printing. - On the front fly-leave four line handwriten note by the previous owner 'le present livre a partient a moi Pierre Chanche qui ma Este donner ma belle mere aujourd'hui 18 Juine 1619. Some leaves with almost invisible repairs. hardcover
39638ABLondon, Orme, o.J. EA. First edition. Gr.-4°. 170 S., 2 Bll., 108 v. 110 kol Aquatintataf. Leder. Rücken-u. Deckelvergold., vergold. Rückentitel. Goldschnitt. Calf. Gilt on spine and boards. gilt title on spine, gilt edges. Ber. u. best., Kapitale gestaucht. Gebr. u. fl., Exlibris u. kl. Vorbesitzervermerk a. Vorsatzbll. Rubbed and bumped. Extremities of spine bumped. Browned and stained, exlibris and little entry on flysheet.
1908601626Prag, 1849-1908. M. zahlr. (teils kolor.) lith. Ktn. u. Taf. u. mehr. Tab. Hlwd., Ppbd. u. in Heften. Stellenw. braunfleckig. Teilw. m. Name od. St. a. Tit. Fehlt: H. 170-176, 195, 198.
19106190London: Horace Cox 1910. First. Hardcover. Near Fine. Sport and travel in Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa and also notes on the game animals and their distribution. 118 pp profuse ill. Exciting hunting trips in what was then northern Rhodesia. Big five plains game. Near fine in original green simulated crocodile cloth with gilt stamping and original photo on front board tiny tear in lower photo inset. Gilt stamped spine. Orig front board photo is crisp and sharp. Deco end papers. Super copy for a collector. Horace Cox hardcover
19046810London: Hurst & Blackett 1904. First. Hardcover. VG. 619 pp ill map. Twenty months' travel and sport in unknown lands and among new tribes. Author also wrote A Sporting Trip through Abyssinia. Author for many years held the record for the largest set of tusks ever taken by a sporting elephant hunter. He has more trophies in the early editions of Rowland Ward record books than any other hunter. This his rarest book contains all his early hunting adventures when he pioneered in opening up new hunting country throughout eastern Africa. Much on elephants. One of the best books on the subject. Vg in original bright blue gilt pictorial cloth. A really lovely copy. Hurst & Blackett hardcover
19123979Wien Leipzig: Wilhelm Frick Kais und Kon Hofbandler 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to vg. ein monumentales gedenkbuch. 227 pp. ill. Book produced which showed everything on exhibition at the Vienna sporting exhibition. Hundreds of text ill plus many full page photogravures with tissue guards. A monumental work on European game. Text in German. The binding is gilt stamped suede. 14.5" high 11 inches wide. The front cover has deco gilt vertical rules and pointers to the right side of a stag head the spine has the same rules and the stag skull and the rear board is the same except that it is the left side. Deco end papers. This is a very rare item. Internally near fine. The corners are slightly rolled but the rest of the cover is vg showing that this has been well cared for. See all images. Wilhelm Frick, Kais und Kon Hofbandler hardcover
19067113London: Privately Printed 1906. First. Hardcover. VG. 415 pp 112 ill pull out rear pocket map. Jessen was an ardent hunter and made many trips through African game countries. He was a friend of most noted sportsmen of the day including the McMillins. It is estimated that only about 200 copies were printed.Vg in orig. red gilt cloth. Four major trips hunting in East Africa Sudan and Abyssinia for all large and small plains game. Privately Printed hardcover
19365961New York: Elliott Service 1936. No Binding. Fine. Siemel Sasha A FABULOUS piece of ephemera. Exceptionally large original news photo featuring Sasha Siemel the well known jaguar hunter especially noted for hunting these big cats armed only with a spear. Sasha was also an accomplished boxer. There is also a large photo featuring Siemel and his hunting clients. There are three photos along the top of a live jaguar cub in a tree. The photo of the clients Mr & Mrs Jennings from Ohio with their amazing NINE jaguar skins in the background and Siemel off to the side. Their hunt lasted two months and the skins ranged up to NINE feet in length. They were used as banners as a sales come-on at newsstands during the time obviously to get people to attend his lectures. The original photos were taken by Elliott Service and the entire piece is dated Dec 26 1936. The lovely wooden frame measures 26.5 inches high by 23 inches wide. Bottom banner is 16.5 x 6 inches. The incredible photo of the hunters and their trophies is 8 inches wide by 6 inches high. And the three inset photos of the jaguar cub are each 9 x 5 inches. They have been individually and attractively mounted to make a lovely display on board then matted and framed. In very fine condition. We have never seen anything like this before. Elliott Service unknown
Three volumes, complete. FIRST EDITION of this scholarly, encyclopedic, and highly entertaining history of French gastronomy. XIII, (3), 373, (1); (4), 383, (1); (4), 363, (1). Half-titles present (they are often missing). SIGNED (in pencil) ON THE HALF-TITLE OF VOLUME I BY JORDI, JOSEP, AND JOAN ROCA OF EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA IN GIRONA, SPAIN, CURRENTLY THE BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD (according to the highly prestigious San Pellegrino survey). And SIGNED (in pencil) ON THE HALF-TITLE OF VOLUME II BY FERRAN ADRIA, OF EL BULLI, winner of the San Pellegrino survey a record five times. The author originally set out to write an extensive work covering all facets of private life in France, but only this first part--which covers everything related to cooking, wine, eating, and hunting--was published. Discusses the origins of cooking tools and techniques, the provenance of all kinds of foods (including, of course, foodstuffs that came from the New World), and much more, including an extensive section on hunting. A classic. PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER. 8vo. ELEGANTLY BOUND IN FULL CONTEMPORARY HALF RUSSIA AND MARBLED BOARDS, SPINE IN SIX COMPARTMENTS WITH RAISED BANDS. Minimal traces of wear to bindings, upper joint of volume I cracked but firm, else a fine and bright copy with very large margins and very white paper. Vicaire 510 ("Ouvrage tres interessant et tres utile...."); Bitting 280 ("This is one of the finest works upon the social life of the French people...."); Thiebaud 576. AN OUTSTANDING SET OF A RARE AND IMPORTANT WORK.
17386<p><strong>First Edition - The copy of king Louis Philippe I</strong></p><p><strong>Exceedingly rare hunting treatise on Bird trapping </strong><em><strong>pipée </strong></em><strong> AS A METHOD TO protect and preserve bush animals from birds of prey</strong></p><p>Simon Jean-Baptiste. <em>Moyens de conserver le Gibier par la destruction des oiseaux de rapine ; Et les Instructions pour y parvenir. </em><em>Traité de la pipée Chasse amusante & divertissante très-convenable aux Dames. </em>Paris Veuve Prudhomme 1738.</p><p>12° 163 x 10 cm contemporary full leather binding gilt decoration and title at compartments pp. 4 – first blank <em>recto</em> of second page engraved frontispiece xxvii 3 84 4 engraved handcoloured frontispiece original silk bookmark perfectly preserved red edges.</p><p>Hand coloured full page engraving at frontispiece representing a birds trap with the Latin <em>motto</em> "<em>Silentio Decipiuntur</em> Deceived in Silence"</p><p>Only three complete copies of this first edition recorded in worldwide libraries WorldCat</p><p>Extremely rare treatise on Birds Trapping <em>pipée</em> which as the author specifies in the preface can be considered the first and most complete popular and infomrative work on this hunting technique.</p><p>This method of hunting now prohibited and already discussed in Simon's time is based on the preparation of traps usually poles leaning against trees or branches sprinkled with a sticky substance towards which a team of beaters lures the birds with decoys.</p><p>Simon tries to valorise this hunting method not considering it only as it was mainly considered at the time a fun pastime perfectly suitable for ladies but as a very useful hunting method to control the number of birds of prey and therefore preserve bush animals otherwise destined to be their victims.</p><p>Book Structure:</p><p>· Hand coloured engraved frontispiece</p><p>· Title page</p><p>· Preface</p><p>· Table of Contents</p><p>· Chapter I – On the hunting methods of the "<em>pipée" </em>in general</p><p>· Chapter II – On the preparation of the "Glue" for the traps</p><p>· Chapter III – How to optimize the glue</p><p>· Chapter IV – On Glue in general</p><p>· Chapter V – About the best locations to prepare the traps</p><p>· Chapter VI – How to choose the tree and how to prepare it</p><p>· Chapter VII – Where to hide the hunt beaters</p><p>· Chapter VIII – IX How to set up the traps</p><p>· Chapter X – About the best time of the day to start the hunting</p><p>· Chapter XI – About the decoys in hunting</p><p>· Chapter XII – The best season for "<em>pipée"</em></p><p>· Chapter XIII – The best weather to practice Hunting</p><p>· Chapter XIV – Which are the birds usually captured with "<em>pipée"</em></p><p>· Chapter XV – How to build a perfect Hunting Team.</p><p>· Printing Authorization</p><p>· King's privilege</p><p>Simon Jean-Baptiste early XVIII century - 1762 was a French Lawyer member of the Parliament and Royal censor from 1742 to 1762. He was author of works on bees birds hunting and cosmography.</p><p>Census: exceedingly rare edition. Only three copies of this first edition are recorded in Worldcat plus one imperfect:</p><p>· 2 in USA Yale imperfect Berkeley</p><p>· 1 in Sweden Kungliga biblioteket</p><p>· 1 in France BnF.</p><p>Conditions: Perfect copy of an exceedingly rare hunting treatise with an important noble provenance and with hand colored illustration.</p><p>Provenance: I. From the prestigious <em>Bibliothèque royale de Louis-Philippe au château d'Eu </em>with his ownership stamp at title page. Louis Philippe 6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850 was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 the last King and penultimate monarch of France and <em>Château d'Eu</em> served as his summer residence. II: handwritten shelf location notes at front and back fly leaves.</p> Veuve Prudhomme
189019745<p><strong>Charming and curious album by a butterfly hunter containing 76 pairs of finely arranged and glued wings completed with the body of each butterfly in gouache.</strong><br />The colors are very well preserved with iridescent hues rendered brilliant by the glue used. This is the same glue used to fix the colors of enhanced engravings from this period.<br />The last page features 11 butterflies made from natural leaves and flowers.</p>
4540Munich: Tigris Verlag 1983. First Limited. Hardcover. Fine. 448 pp profuse ill. suede end papers full embossed gilt leather binding gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt. 16 x 12.25 inches. This copy CVII 107 of an unspecified limited number of copies. A splendid monumental work. The books itself weighs 15 pounds! Worldwide hunting with chapters written by a who's who of hunting in Europe. All text is in German. Photos however need no translation they are excellent. This is a hunting and photographic classic. Shipping weight of the book will be about 20 pounds so there will be substantial extra postage. Condition is fine. In 20 years we have not been able to find any other copy listed for sale. Tigris Verlag hardcover
18985520London: Rowland Ward 1898. First. Hardcover. VG. being the narrative of an eight months' trip in Baltistan and Ladakh.together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen. 506 pp ill publ ads in rear. 2 pull out folding maps in rear pockets. Extremely desirable and fairly scarce Asian sheep hunting book. This one in surprisingly nice condition with all silver lettering present corners sharp and spine tips nice. Collectible condition. VG to not quite near fine hinge firm but zebra end papers show cracking. Binding firm which is unusual for this thick heavy book. Rowland Ward hardcover
167232713ABFrankfurt am Mayn, Schönwetter und Cholin 1672. 2°. Gestoch. Titel, Drucktitel, 2 (n.n.) Bll., 128, (12), 732, (35), 358, (10), 59, (3) S., 39 unbedruckte Bll. (davon die ersten 9 S. eng beschrieben). Geprägter Schweinslederband der Zt über Holzdeckeln auf 5 Bünden mit ziselierten Messingschließen, Goldschnitt mit Punze, Rückentitel in Gold. Einband berieben und stellenweise altersfleckig, einige Wurmlöcher, unteres Kapital bestoßen (Fehlstelle im Bezug), Bünde etwas berieben; Eckbeschläge fehlen, Vergoldung etwas verblaßt. - 2 Eckabrisse mit Textverlust, davon einer auch mit geringf. Bildverlust. Wenige Bll. mit kl. Einrissen, 2 Bll. mit größerem Einriß. Kaum fleckig, 3 Bll. etwas braunfleckig; eine kl. hs. Anmerkung. Die ersten 5 Bll. etwas angerändert. Fl. Vorsätze lose.
18479675n.p. 1847. 1 vols. Folio. Sewn into original brown wrappers worn. 1 vols. Folio. The artist from internal evidence seems to be Rev. H.L. Bennet--clearly an ardent and well-connected sportsman as most of his sketches are portraits and caricatures of well-known hunting men and women of the day many of whom are identified. These include a portrait of Lord Jersey who Nimrod called "perhaps the most elegant rider for hounds the world has ever seen" and many others. The drawings are skilfully executed and are often amusing. A unique production of one of the golden ages of British sport.<br /> <br /> Including : Examples of 2 pages 7 images: Mrs. Rowley's Groom on his Compact Mare Rush Esq Farthgghoc Col. Joddsch Lord Anson's steward M-- Wyatt. J.H. Jr T.T.D.<br /> <br /> Another: 2 pages; Rev. G. Loyd T.T Darke Esq. 2 others<br /> <br /> Another: 2 pages; Col. Goodell 4 others Mr. Drakes Grey's horse. unknown
