Lot 169
Field sports
Collection of works, 18th and 19th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Page, Thomas. The Art of Shooting Flying: familiarly explain'd by way of Dialogue. Containing Directions for the Choice of Guns for Various Occasions [...]. Norwich: printed by J. Crouse, and sold by the author, 1766. First edition, 8vo, modern quarter calf, spotting, B4 repaired [Chute 493; ESTC T201535; Schwerdt II p. 58];
Hawker, Peter. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. London: Longman [et al.], 1824. Third edition ('considerably enlarged and improved'), tall 8vo, modern full morocco, top edge gilt, half-title, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), [Schwerdt I p. 235: the 'most complete edition'];
Daniel, William Barker. Rural Sports. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1812. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan calf decorated in gilt and blind, engraved title-page to each volume, 68 engraved plates (several folding), title-pages spotted, bookplates, front board of volume 2 detached;
[Clement, Lewis]. Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France, Alsace, Belgium, Holland, and Bavaria. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green half morocco by J. Larkins, thematic motifs gilt to spines, spines faded, spotting to blanks and half-titles;
[Sportsman's Dictionary]. The Sportsman's Dictionary: or, the Country Gentleman's Companion, in all Rural Recreations: with full and particular Instructions for Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Riding, Cocking. London: J. Osborn, 1744. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 25 engraved plates (of 26: lacking frontispiece), unnumbered plate facing quire Z torn, plates 9 and 22 repaired [ESTC N23268];
Thornhill, R. B. The Shooting Directory. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1804. First edition, first issue (retaining 2E4-2F2, i.e. pp. 215-220), 4to, contemporary half calf rebacked, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 engraved plate (of 2), 3 folding tables, half-title discarded, text spotted and browned, closed tear in 2Z2 [Schwerdt II pp. 258-9];
and 2 others
Footnote
Note: The Art of Shooting Flying by Norwich watch and gun maker Thomas Page is 'the first book in prose solely on shooting ... Very rare' (Chute); ESTC cites three copies only in libraries world-wide: Oxford, Library of Congress, and Yale.