Boxiana; or, Sketches of Antient & Modern Pugilism Plate Volume

by Pierce Egan

$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. 62 full-page engravings, including frontispiece and engraved title. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary quarter morocco, t.e.g. Light traces of rubbing at spine, some fading to covers, scattered foxing, else fine. Hartley 587. Item #375307 The classic of boxing, Pierce Egan’s Boxiana was issued in parts and in volumes between 1812 and 1829. In the 1840’s “there was issued a volume of

• Binding: Leather

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