WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas.
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,
Stock Code
103993
London, Thomas McLean, 1819
£7,500
Description
Oblong folio (45 x 57 cm); 145 pp., Gouache additional pictorial title on blue paper and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates ; half red morocco over red marbled boards by Morrell, title and 24 plates laid down on old linen, tear to blank margin of title repaired, upper margin restored, soft creases, plates with occasional small stains etc., plate 1 with short tear to image repaired, tear to corner of page 57 repaired touching text (no loss), joints just cracked but firm, lightly rubbed, small snag to head of upper joint, corners worn. Plates generally clean and and show well.
Bibliography
[Abbey Travel 427; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt II, 297; Tooley 508
Stock ID:103993
