The National Sports of Great Britain ... with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et Amusemens Nationaux de la Grande Bretagne
$25,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, the covers elaborately panelled in gilt, expertly rebacked with the original spine, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, the others with an elaborate repeat decoration in gilt, brown endpapers, gilt edges A fine wide-margined copy of the first issue of Alken's most important work ... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection Tooley . The plates and text
- Binding: Leather
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