The Sportsmans Companion Or Portraitures Pedigrees And Performances Of The Most Eminent Race

by James And Henry Roberts

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Second edition, originally published circa 1760. Letterpress title page, engraved contents page, 40 engraved portraits with text and vignettes beneath, all printed rectos only. 2 , 40 ff. Leaves 25, 28 and 40, have engraved illustration at head and printed text beneath. 1 vols. 8vo. Original rose cloth. Spine toned, else fine. Bookplates of A Kiefer Mayer and The Jockey Club. Huth, F.H. Works on Horses and Equitation, 38; See Podeschi, p. 54.

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