Rawstorne, Lawrence
Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
and an Improved Method of making Plantations and Covers, explained and illustrated. London: published for the proprietor, by Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. First edition, inscribed 'From Laurence Rawstorne, April /93' on the initial blank, 8vo (23.5 x 15cm), original green morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 208 pp., half-title, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rawlins, heightened to gum arabic, errata slip tipped to p. 208, spine slightly faded, custom green cloth slipcase [Abbey Life 392; Schwerdt II p. 127; Tooley 393]
Footnote
Note: 'An esteemed book. It is realy a treatise on forestry, written with a view to laying out plantations in the way most suitable to game preservation. But the highly coloured plates mostly represent shooting scenes. They are unusually attractive, and convey a good impression of the way in which our forebears killer their game, in the beginning of the 19th century' (Schwerdt).