Lot 294

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c., first edition, 1814 [but plates watermarked 1818]

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

Description

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c., 2 parts in 1 inc. supplement on New South Wales, 110 fine hand-coloured aquatints after Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch &c., occasional light spotting, even light browning, contemporary straight grain morocco, wide gilt border, lightly sunned spine, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey, Travel 2; Ferguson 577], 4to, 1814 [but plates watermarked 1818].

⁂ Superb plates depicting hunting, fishing, whaling, bull-fighting etc. around the world, and including the 10 supplementary scenes of aboriginal hunting and customs.

Description

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c., 2 parts in 1 inc. supplement on New South Wales, 110 fine hand-coloured aquatints after Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch &c., occasional light spotting, even light browning, contemporary straight grain morocco, wide gilt border, lightly sunned spine, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey, Travel 2; Ferguson 577], 4to, 1814 [but plates watermarked 1818].

⁂ Superb plates depicting hunting, fishing, whaling, bull-fighting etc. around the world, and including the 10 supplementary scenes of aboriginal hunting and customs.

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