Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making Plantations and Covers, explained and illustrated.
by Rawstorne, Lawrence
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- first
- Condition
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1837. 8vo, xiv, (15)-208 pp. with errata. 15 colored aquatints after T. J. Rawlins. Publisher’s original full green morocco with wide gilt-tooled borders, backstrip titled in gilt, and gilt edges. Binding very lightly worn, pages showing some offsetting from the plates and occasional spotting, cracked at page 192. Overall a very good unrestored copy with splendid, vibrant plates almost entirely free from browning, well-preserved in a custom morocco-backed cover and slipcase. § First edition of an important sporting title dedicated to pheasant rearing, covert shooting, and the proper forestry practices for good game management. The splendid colored aquatints depict gently-comic sporting scenes against the backdrop of the parks and fields of Rawstone’s Lancashire. “Gamonia... is one of the most attractive colour plate books, with the aquatints all beautifully coloured and with the skilled application of gum arabic making them especially bright and sparkling” (Ford, Ackermann, 121). Abbey, Life 392. Tooley 393.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110458
- Title
- Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making Plantations and Covers, explained and illustrated.
- Author
- Rawstorne, Lawrence
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Rudolph Ackermann
- Place of Publication
- London
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...