THE SPORTING REPOSITORY Containing Horse-racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting .., Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects, interspersed with Essays, Tales, and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles.
by McLean,Thomas (publisher), Alken and Barenger (illustrators)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates (16 of 19) after H. Alken and J. Barenger by G. and T. Hunt.. Volume I, Nos. I-VI Jan-June 15 1822 [all published] Royal octavo red half roan, original boards covered in blue sugar paper, spine title gilt (rebacked with matching red roan corners, original spine laid on), original free end-papers with new pastedown, armorial bookplate with motto DA VIS and pencilled ownership H. Davis at head of titlepage, vi + [2]pp list of engravings +540pp +16 of 19 hand-colored plates. LACKS 4 text leaves (pp 217-24) - the missing 3 plates and 4 text leaves in colour facsimile reproduced from the 1904 reprint, bound in to match. One gathering with edges browned, some offsetting from plates to text, otherwise clean and crisp throughout. *Beautiful bright hand-coloured plates of hunting, shooting, tandem-driving, livestock etc. Very rare in original edition (Schwerdt II p.212 "the first and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine"). This is the original 1822 edition, not the more common reprint published in 1904.
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- Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V71064
- Title
- THE SPORTING REPOSITORY Containing Horse-racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting .., Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects, interspersed with Essays, Tales, and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles.
- Author
- McLean,Thomas (publisher), Alken and Barenger (illustrators)
- Illustrator
- Hand-coloured aquatint plates (16 of 19) after H. Alken and J. Barenger by G. and T. Hunt.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- sport racing horses shooting hunting equestrian hand colored plates
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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