SOMERVILE, WILLIAM. The Chace. A Poem, 1735, 4to, modern half calf, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece by Scotin after Gravelot, errata leaf at end. Foxon S562; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II, 166; [Another edition], 1767, small 8vo, later sheep-backed boards, upper cover detached, repaired tear to last leaf, frontispiece by Walker after Gravelot, engraved plates by Walker. Fiennes Sanderson Miller, ownership inscription dated 1787 and later bookplate; [Another edition]...To which is added Hobbinol, or the Rural Games, Birmingham, 1767, contemporary boards, rebacked in calf, rubbed, first leaves slightly foxed. Lord Auckland, bookplate; [Another edition], Dublin 1799, contemporary sheep, rebacked, browning and staining, frontispiece and 9 engraved plates printed in sanguine; [Another edition], 1802, dark green morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Tout, extremities and joints rubbed, inner joints cracked, some discoloration and soiling, wood-engraved title, section title, and tail-piece vignettes, PROFUSELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved, woodcut and lithographed plates; [Another copy], modern quarter cloth, half-title to the 1804 edition and a hand-colored etching of dogs by Howitt, dated 1834, bound in; London except as noted, together 6 vols., all but the first 8vo. (6)

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SOMERVILE, WILLIAM. The Chace. A Poem, 1735, 4to, modern half calf, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece by Scotin after Gravelot, errata leaf at end. Foxon S562; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II, 166; [Another edition], 1767, small 8vo, later sheep-backed boards, upper cover detached, repaired tear to last leaf, frontispiece by Walker after Gravelot, engraved plates by Walker. Fiennes Sanderson Miller, ownership inscription dated 1787 and later bookplate; [Another edition]...To which is added Hobbinol, or the Rural Games, Birmingham, 1767, contemporary boards, rebacked in calf, rubbed, first leaves slightly foxed. Lord Auckland, bookplate; [Another edition], Dublin 1799, contemporary sheep, rebacked, browning and staining, frontispiece and 9 engraved plates printed in sanguine; [Another edition], 1802, dark green morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Tout, extremities and joints rubbed, inner joints cracked, some discoloration and soiling, wood-engraved title, section title, and tail-piece vignettes, PROFUSELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved, woodcut and lithographed plates; [Another copy], modern quarter cloth, half-title to the 1804 edition and a hand-colored etching of dogs by Howitt, dated 1834, bound in; London except as noted, together 6 vols., all but the first 8vo. (6)