Williamson (Captain Thomas & Howitt, Samuel). Oriental Field Sports, 1807
Williamson (Captain Thomas & Howitt, Samuel). 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, 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..., 1st edition, London: William Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1807, additional hand-coloured title, printed title, dedication leaf, 2 pp. Preface, 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Merke after Howitt and Williamson, each with accompanying descriptive text, plus index and list of plates at end, plates watermarked J Whatman 1804, sheet size 445 x 570 mm, occasional minor marginal spotting, all edges gilt, later brown half morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, edges slightly rubbed, oblong folio (460 x 590 mm)
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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 was issued for subscribers in twenty monthly parts between June 1805 and January 1807.
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Williamson (Captain Thomas & Howitt, Samuel). 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, 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..., 1st edition, London: William Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1807, additional hand-coloured title, printed title, dedication leaf, 2 pp. Preface, 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Merke after Howitt and Williamson, each with accompanying descriptive text, plus index and list of plates at end, plates watermarked J Whatman 1804, sheet size 445 x 570 mm, occasional minor marginal spotting, all edges gilt, later brown half morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, edges slightly rubbed, oblong folio (460 x 590 mm)
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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 was issued for subscribers in twenty monthly parts between June 1805 and January 1807.
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