FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c... from Drawings by ...

FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c... from Drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c. with a Supplement of New South Wales, half-title, 110 hand-coloured aquatint plates, off-setting from plate to facing leaf of text, endpapers creased, untrimmed in contemporary blue boards, rebacked to match, some scuffs and tears to sides, later maroon morocco pull-off case lettered in gilt on spine [cf. Abbey Travel 2 & 3; cf. Ferguson 577; cf. Tooley 225; Schwerdt I, p.179], small folio (355 x 245mm.), Edward Orme, n.d. [text watermarked 'J. Whatman 1823'] Footnotes: 'The coloured plates in this work, especially those drawn by Howitt, are fine, both as regards draughtsmanship and colouring, and the production as a whole possesses a certain cachet' (Schwerdt). The diverse field sports depicted include 'Arabs Hawking Antelopes', 'Russian Fishing in Winter', 'German Bear-trap pitfull', 'Hunting Antelopes with a Panther', Whaling (4), Bullfighting (13), 'Greenlanders Seal Hunting' and 'Hog Hunting in India', and the supplement ten plates of indigenous people of New South Wales . This is a variant of the 1819 second edition, with the undated title-page bearing the imprint of Howlett and Barker on the verso, continuous pagination, and without the dedication or title-page to the supplement. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing