Rural Sports
by DANIEL, William Barker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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1807 1ed Rural Sports HUNTING & FISHING Color Illustrated Horses DOGS Falconry
William Daniel's "Rural Sports" is an early 19th-century history of outdoor sports and activities in England. Sports and games such as hunting and fishing have long been a staple pastime all over the world, and naturally countless books have been written and published on the matter. However, Daniel's 'Rural Sports' is one of the best much in part to the 100+ exquisite engravings most of which are hand-colored! As expected of such a work, this book contains descriptions of fishing and fishing tackle, horse riding, game hunting, falconry, hunting dogs, and much more!
Item number: #19662
Price: $1095
DANIEL, William Barker
Rural Sports
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 tomes
o 'Rural Sports'
Vol. I – [8], 535, [1]
Vol. II – [4], 592, [8]
Vol. III – [4], 494, [8]
o 'Supplement', 1813
[10], 742, [38]
o Illustrated throughout –engravings, many hand-colored!
· Provenance: Handwritten
o S. P. Norris
o J. [Sapage] Norris
o John Norris
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
o Volumes 1-3 in red Moroccan leather
o 'Supplement' volume in hardcover
· Size: ~10.25in X 6.5in (26.5cm x 16.5cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19662
- Title
- Rural Sports
- Author
- DANIEL, William Barker
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1807 1ed Rural Sports HUNTING & FISHING Color Illustrated Horses DOGS Falconry, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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