Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
[HOWITT, SAMUEL, AND OTHERS]
FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS, FISHERIES, SPORTING ANECDOTES, &C. &C. FROM DRAWINGS BY MESSRS. HOWITT, ATKINSON, CLARK, MANSKIRCH, &C. WITH A SUPPLEMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. LONDON: PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY H.R. YOUNG, 1819
4to (325 x 228mm.), 110 hand-coloured aquatint plates, index at end, contemporary straight-grain maroon morocco gilt with gilt stamp of stag in centre of sides, gilt edges, without half-title, first text leaf torn (without loss of text), offsetting of text and plates, some marks and dust-staining, extremities rubbed, hinges strengthened
A richly illustrated work on hunting around the world, including fishing, hawking, coursing, spearing, trapping, shooting, and netting.
Robert Berkeley, Spetchley, armorial bookplate
Abbey, Travel 3; Schwerdt I, p. 179; Tooley (1954) 225