Driving a Bear out of Sugar Canes/Chassant un Ours des Cannes de Sucre

by Samuel Howitt

$1,200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

One of the finest and most detailed works on Indian Sport and wildlife, these images exemplify not only the native flora and fauna, but capture the excitement of the hunt and provide a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants . Prideaux Captain Thomas Williamson, a British officer of the East India Company, served in Bengal for 20 years. An accomplished amateur artist, his sketches were then

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