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Lot 20
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Barlow, Francis

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Sold
4,750 GBP
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Description

  • Severall wayes of hunting, hawking, and fishing acording to the English manner… etched by W. Hollar. London: John Overton, 1671
  • paper
Oblong 4to (248 x 310mm.), engraved title by Hollar within rococo border, 12 engraved plates, 4 after Hollar, the remainder probably by Barlow, mounted, nineteenth-century calf, spine gilt

Provenance

Edward Hamilton, M.D., bookplate and collector’s inkstamp on verso of plates,

Literature

Pennington 2028–2062; Schwerdt 1:52–53; Westwood and Satchell, pp.23-24; Wing B822

Catalogue Note

“A rare and very interesting set of engravings” (Schwerdt). ESTC locates three copies only.
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