Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c. &c. from drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c. with a supplement of New South Wales. London: Howlett and Brimmer for Edward Orme, [n.d. but watermarked 1825].

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Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c. &c. from drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c. with a supplement of New South Wales. London: Howlett and Brimmer for Edward Orme, [n.d. but watermarked 1825].

1 volume in two, 4° (330 x 230mm.). Half-title, 2pp. index, 110 hand-coloured plates within grey wash borders, mostly aquatints. Fine red staright-grained morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. Provenance: George Wilson (bookplate); John Browne-Swinburne (bookplate).

A FINE COPY ON LARGE PAPER. The watermarks confirm Schwerdt's assumption that this issue appeared after the 1819 issue. Schwerdt I.p.179; cf.Abbey Travel 2 and 3. (2)

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