Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend

by Peter Beckford

$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani; 2 engraved plates at end. Half-title present. xiv, 15 -360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches . Nineteenth century green full morocco, t.e.g., rest uncut, by Tout. Bookplate of John Kermack, Writer to the Signet. Beautiful copy. This edition not in Schwerdt for first edition, cf. vol. I, p. 56 ; Gee, Sportsman's Library p. 8 “The corner-stone of a huntsman's library” ;

• Binding: Leather

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.