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Click here to subscribeAlken (Henry) Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and other sports; caught in Leicestershire, &c., a later issue and possibly made-up copy, frontispiece and 41 plates, all hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, hand-colouring not uniform throughout, light marginal soiling to some plates, stab-holes to lower margin where previously bound as oblong folio, original paper label pasted onto rear endpaper, engraved bookplate of Forrester Britton, early twentieth century red morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., covers very slightly marked, lower corners bumped, [cf. Podeschi 136; Schwerdt I 17; Tooley 36], folio, n.d. [some plates water-marked 1841 or 1844].
–. [Turberville (George) The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, 1611]; bound with [The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking, 1611], both second editions, black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, first work lacking title, 3 preliminary ff. and 2 ff. at end, B2 torn and repaired and B7 lower margin defective with slight loss of text, second work also lacking title (loosely supplied in photocopied facsimile) and 3 preliminary ff., D2 lower edge trimmed with slight loss of signature and catchword, M7 holed slightly affecting woodcut on verso, some water-staining, mostly to second work, a few leaves in first work probably from a smaller copy, despite imperfections a reasonable working copy, modern calf preserving old sheep covers, [Schwerdt 2, pp.271-2; STC 24329 and 24325], 4to, [1611]; sold not subject to return.
-. Landseer (Sir Edwin Henry, R.A.) The Stag at Bay, dedicated to the Marquis of Breadalbane, by Thomas Landseer, mixed-method engraving, 600 x 990mm., slight browning, very slight spotting, framed and glazed, Louis Brall, 1865; Victor of the Glen, mixed-method engraving, 600 x 985mm., spotting, a few surface abrasions, framed and glazed, L. Brall, 1868; Der König der Walder, [The Monarch of the Glen], by E. Weixelgartner, lithograph, with original hand-colouring, 615 x 560mm., title and verses in German, spotting, marginal browning and dampstaining, slight surface dirt and one surface scratch, framed, Vienna, F. Paterno, c.1860; The Swannery Invaded by Eagles, by J. B. Pratt, mixed-method engraving, 645 x 900mm., browning, surface dirt and some spotting, a few surface abrasions, framed and glazed, Thomas Agnew and Sons, 1889; with one other large engraved hunting scene, after Philippe Ledieu (5).
-. Edwards (Lionel) Hunting scenes, On the Way to the Meet; "Rails"; The Unlucky Man; Returning Home, chromolithographs, each 290 x 708mm., signed by the artist, lower left, some spotting and surface dirt, minor damp-staining, with one duplicate, all framed, four glazed, Lawrence and Jellicoe Ltd, early 20th century (5).
-. Herring (John Frederick) Fox-Hunting Scenes, the set of four, The Meet; Breaking Cover; Full Cry; The Death, by J. Harris, 4 aquatints, with original hand-colouring, each c.557 x 865mm., unexamined out of frames, The Meet, only, with publisher's blind-stamp, light spotting to Breaking Cover, only, other 3 plates with occasional cuts and abrasions, a few other minor surface defects, framed and glazed, [Siltzer p.152], first issued by Evans, 1854, three plates Brooks & Son, 1864, one G. P. McQueen, 1874, (?later 19th century issues) (4).
Two German porcelain long stemmed pipes, C19th, one brown porcelain with brass mounts, handpainted in white, carved horn stem, length 62cm; the other white porcelain with hunting scene, brass mounts and wood stem, length 60cm; five painted porcelain bowls, incl a young lady and a hunting scene; and a stag horn bowl with bas relief carving of deer, all C19th.
Veitch (James Herbert) Hortus Veitchii, 50 plates, hinges cracked, Chelsea, 1906 § Guenther (Konrad) A Naturalist in Brazil, plates and text illustrations, 1931 § Farrer (Reginald) The Dolomites, colour plates by E. Harrison Compton, 1913 § Ward (F. Kingdon) Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, plates, 1974 § Lyte (Charles) Frank Kingdon-Ward. The Last of the Great Plant Hunters, maps and plates, 1989, third mentioned modern half morocco, rest original cloth, fourth and fifth mentioned dust-jackets; and 63 others, Plant Hunting, some duplicates including 10 other copies of the fifth mentioned, 4to & 8vo (68).
A HUNTING CASED DRESS POCKET WATCH BY PATEK & CO. White enamel dial with black Roman numerals. Signed inner case and numbered 1715. Both outer cases with gold and niello decoration To one side a hunting scene with two hounds and a boar amongst foliage with salamander, to the other a grotesque mask to the centre of a similar decoration. With watch key (2) ++Cracked dial
Peter Marshall, Queensferry, early 19th century oak long case clock with a swan neck moulded cornice, arched painted dial with a deer hunting scene above a cream enamel dial with floral spandrels, subsidiary second and date dial, eight day movement, flanked by fluted columns, the trunk with arched door and fluted quarter columns
Mills (John) The Sportsman's Library, xxviii, 431pp., half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece, plates, a little very light damp-staining to some plates, original red cloth, light soiling, spine faded, 8vo, Edinburgh, William Paterson, n.d., [?1845]. *** This edition has been called 'very scarce'; it may or may not have preceded that listed in Westwood and Satchell, p.152, which was published by W. Tait, Edinburgh. This edition does however have "Printed by William Tait, 107, Prince's Street" on the final page. The difference between the 2 editions seems to have been that the Tait had printed illustrations whereas the Paterson contained lithographs. Contains sections on hunting, shooting, game, sporting dogs and angling.
Morgan (George) The New Complete Sportsman; or, the Town and Country Gentleman's Recreation, iv, 302pp., [2pp.], engraved frontispiece, 2pp. advertisements at end, browning and a little light foxing, contemporary ink inscription and a couple of ink spots to title, wormhole throughout with a little loss of text, lacking rear free endpaper, upper hinge a little weak, contemporary calf, rebacked with small piece of spine label remaining, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.153], 12mo, for Alex. Hogg, n.d. [?c.1785]. *** Westwood & Satchell write "Identical with Fairfax's 'Complete Sportsman' but with some revision and correction." Angling is included pp.1-44, along with "The breeding and managing game cocks ... , horse-racing, fox-hunting, hare-hunting ... shooting ... " and more.
O'Connor (R.) An Introduction to the Field Sports of France. Being a Practical View of Hunting, Shooting and Fishing, first edition, xx, 304pp., 16pp., half-title, wood-engraved title vignette and illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end, original green cloth, gilt, spine faded, [Westwood & Satchell p.161], 8vo, London and Paris, John Murray and Stassin et Xavier, 1846. *** The third part, pp.225-298, deals with many types of fishing in various parts of France.
Oppianus.- De Piscibus Libri V. Eiusdem de Venatione Libri IIII, (Graece), translated by Laurentius Lippius, woodcut printer's device on title, text in Greek and Latin, corner of front free endpaper with small tear, lacking one leaf (N7 or N8), hinges weak, contemporary vellum, a few small tears and holes to spine, light soiling, [Adams O200; Schwerdt II p.50; Westwood & Satchell p.163], 8vo, Venice, Aldus, 1517. *** Rare: the first Aldine edition. Brunet states that this edition is "Rare et recherche", although the text is thought to be less accurate than that of 1515. Contains Oppianus' poem on fishes in five books, his poem on hunting in three books, and Lippius' Latin translation of the former. Includes the first edition of the poem "de venatione".
Pollok (Colonel) Incidents of Foreign Sport and Travel, first edition, viii, 427pp., half-title with contemporary ink ownership inscription, plates, original cloth, spine a little faded, extremities very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1894. *** Hunting and shooting experiences in India, Syria and other parts of Asia, with a chapter on West Africa.