Ending Aug 15, 2023 11:32 EST

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
Lot 90
 

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[SPORTING - COLOR PLATE] WILLIAMSON, THOMAS. Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East...

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WILLIAMSON, THOMAS. Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East...
London: H. R. Young, 1819. Stated second edition, two volumes. 19th-century dark green straight-grain morocco tooled in gilt and blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, neatly rebacked, housed in a modern cloth slipcase. 12 1/2 x 9 inches (32 x 23 cm); vol I: xiv, [2], 306 pp.; vol II: [iv], 239, [13] pp., engraved half-titles, 40 hand-colored aquatint plates by Samuel Howitt. Some areas of wear to bindings at edges, corners and spine, neatly rebacked retaining spines and boards, contents with very occasional toning and spotting, a sound and quite attractive copy.

One of the great color-plate books of the period, with a great deal of accurate natural history interspersed between the hunting anecdotes. Abbey Travel 427; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt II 297-298; Tooley 508.

Sold for $1,764
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

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[SPORTING - COLOR PLATE]
WILLIAMSON, THOMAS. Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East...
London: H. R. Young, 1819. Stated second edition, two volumes. 19th-century dark green straight-grain morocco tooled in gilt and blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, neatly rebacked, housed in a modern cloth slipcase. 12 1/2 x 9 inches (32 x 23 cm); vol I: xiv, [2], 306 pp.; vol II: [iv], 239, [13] pp., engraved half-titles, 40 hand-colored aquatint plates by Samuel Howitt. Some areas of wear to bindings at edges, corners and spine, neatly rebacked retaining spines and boards, contents with very occasional toning and spotting, a sound and quite attractive copy.

One of the great color-plate books of the period, with a great deal of accurate natural history interspersed between the hunting anecdotes. Abbey Travel 427; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt II 297-298; Tooley 508.

Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023

  • Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023. Offered was a summer miscellany of sporting material, Americana, fine bindings, literature, autographs, maps and more!
 

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