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Ideas, accidental and incidental to hunting and other sports : caught in Leicestershire, &c.
Title
Ideas, accidental and incidental to hunting and other sports : caught in Leicestershire, &c. / by Henry Alken.
Published
London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, [1830]
Physical Description
[2] p., [42] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in dark red striated half roan and green cloth, with gilt-tooled roan title label. Inscribed on front cover: Sidney Herbert. On front pastedown endpaper is white paper label with black ink which reads "Ideas by H. Alken 42 Plates". Armorial bookplate: R.N.H. Moore Stevens.
Notes
Etchings after Heny Alken.
"This book was published in 1830. The humorous text is etched on the plates, which were originally issued serially in seven wrappered parts from 1827 through 1830"--Cf. Podeschi.
Summary
Plates depicting humorous equestrian and fox-hunting incidents.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 136
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 37-38
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 36
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Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Soft-ground etchings - Hand-colored - 1830.
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