Buy this book on-line Thomas Williamson; Samuel Howitt, illus : Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Field Sports of the East; and Exhibiting, in a Novel and Interesting Manner, the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, the Tiger, the Leopard, the Bear, the Deer, the Buffalo, the Wolf, the Wild Hog, the Jackall, the Wild Dog, the Civet, and Other Domesticated Animals: As Likewise the Different Species of Feathered Game, Fishes, and Serpents. The Whole Interspersed with a Variety of Original, Authentic, and Curious Anecdotes, Taken from the Manuscript and Designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, Who served upwards of Twenty Years in Bengal; The Drawings by Samuel Howitt, Made Uniform in Size, and Engraved by the First ArtistsEdward Orme, London, c. 1807.
Full contemporary decorative deep red russia calf with alternating elaborate blind and gilt-tooled floral borders, spine in five compartments of raised gilt-tooled bands and gilt animal motifs, gilt text on two and four, inner dentelles, top and foreedges gilt-tooled, all edges gilt, blue endpapers. , Occasional minor foxing throughout (mostly affecting the text, plates are generally clean and crisp); otherwise a very good copy of this scarce work in contemporary full decorative gilt calf binding., Large 4to. , P. Volume 1. (4), blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface v-xiv, list of plates, blank, 1-306, advertisements (2), (4); Volume 2. (2), blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, list of plates, blank, 1-239, blank, index (11), blank, (4)., Complete with 42 plates, including two engraved titles and 40 original hand-coloured aquatint plates of south Asian natural history. Plates are all marked as published in 1807, none have the pre-publication watermarks., Volume : Two volumes. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thomas Williamson; Samuel Howitt, illus : Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Field Sports of the East; and Exhibiting, in a Novel and Interesting Manner, the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, the Tiger, the Leopard, the Bear, the Deer, the Buffalo, the Wolf, the Wild Hog, the Jackall, the Wild Dog, the Civet, and Other Domesticated Animals: As Likewise the Different Species of Feathered Game, Fishes, and Serpents. The Whole Interspersed with a Variety of Original, Authentic, and Curious Anecdotes, Taken from the Manuscript and Designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, Who served upwards of Twenty Years in Bengal; The Drawings by Samuel Howitt, Made Uniform in Size, and Engraved by the First Artists. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Thomas Williamson; Samuel Howitt, illus : Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East; and Exhibiting, in a Novel and Interesting Manner, the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, the Tiger, the Leopard, the Bear, the Deer, the Buffalo, the Wolf, the Wild Hog, the Jackall, the Wild Dog, the Civet, and Other Domesticated Animals: As Likewise the Different Species of Feathered Game, Fishes, and Serpents. The Whole Interspersed with a Variety of Original, Authentic, and Curious Anecdotes, Taken from the Manuscript and Designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, Who served upwards of Twenty Years in Bengal; The Drawings by Samuel Howitt, Made Uniform in Size, and Engraved by the First ArtistsH.R. Young, London, c. 1819.
Full contemporary decorative deep green russia calf with elaborate blind and gilt-tooled floral border around a gilt hunting vignette on both boards, spine in six compartments of raised gilt-lined bands and gilt hunting motifs, gilt text on two, four and six, board edges and inner dentelles gilt-tooled, all edges gilt, blue endpapers. , Minor wear to boards, very minor scattered foxing throughout rarely affecting plates, text page 107-8 of volume one is skillfully repaired; otherwise a very desirable copy of this scarce work in contemporary full decorative gilt calf binding., Large 4to. , P. Volume 1. (4), blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface v-xiv, list of plates, blank, 1-306, (2); Volume 2. (2), blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, list of plates, blank, 1-239, blank, index (11), blank, (4)., Complete with 42 plates, including two engraved titles and 40 original hand-coloured aquatint plates of south Asian natural history. Plates are all marked as published in 1807., Volume : Two volumes. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thomas Williamson; Samuel Howitt, illus : Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East; and Exhibiting, in a Novel and Interesting Manner, the Natural History of the Elephant, the Rhinoceros, the Tiger, the Leopard, the Bear, the Deer, the Buffalo, the Wolf, the Wild Hog, the Jackall, the Wild Dog, the Civet, and Other Domesticated Animals: As Likewise the Different Species of Feathered Game, Fishes, and Serpents. The Whole Interspersed with a Variety of Original, Authentic, and Curious Anecdotes, Taken from the Manuscript and Designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, Who served upwards of Twenty Years in Bengal; The Drawings by Samuel Howitt, Made Uniform in Size, and Engraved by the First Artists. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, used books, livres d'occasion, libri antichi and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |