Lot 292
Sporting.- Alken (Henry) The National Sports of Great Britain, Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Sporting.- Alken (Henry) The National Sports of Great Britain, 50 hand-coloured etched plates, modern red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., [Schwerdt I, pp.19-20; Siltzer p.72; Tooley 43; cf Bobins 746], 8vo, Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825.
⁂ "Perhaps Alken's best known and most comprehensive work" (Schwerdt), with illustrations of racing, angling, shooting, fox hunting, and coursing, as well as prize fighting and cock fighting.
Description
Sporting.- Alken (Henry) The National Sports of Great Britain, 50 hand-coloured etched plates, modern red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., [Schwerdt I, pp.19-20; Siltzer p.72; Tooley 43; cf Bobins 746], 8vo, Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825.
⁂ "Perhaps Alken's best known and most comprehensive work" (Schwerdt), with illustrations of racing, angling, shooting, fox hunting, and coursing, as well as prize fighting and cock fighting.
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