![[ALKEN, Henry.] Sporting Discoveries or The Miseries of Hunting in a series of seven plates, being hints to young sportsmen by Ben Tally-Ho. London: S. and J. Fuller, 2 September 1816 [watermarked 1815]. Oblong 2° (280 x 385mm). 7 hand-coloured etched plates. (Some mostly marginal soiling and spotting.) Printed portion of the original front wrapper window-mounted in modern paper wrappers; modern green cloth case, the upper side with gilt morocco label.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0005_000(alken_henry_sporting_discoveries_or_the_miseries_of_hunting_in_a_serie123053).jpg?w=1)
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[ALKEN, Henry.] Sporting Discoveries or The Miseries of Hunting in a series of seven plates, being hints to young sportsmen by Ben Tally-Ho. London: S. and J. Fuller, 2 September 1816 [watermarked 1815]. Oblong 2° (280 x 385mm). 7 hand-coloured etched plates. (Some mostly marginal soiling and spotting.) Printed portion of the original front wrapper window-mounted in modern paper wrappers; modern green cloth case, the upper side with gilt morocco label.
FIRST ISSUE OF A RARE EARLY ALKEN. The companion series to Miseries of Shooting, it provides 'a splendid series of hunting scenes ... all fine impressions, delicately coloured' (Dixon). The Dixon copy is from a later issue with the plates dated 1 March, 1817, and paper watermarked 1819. Dixon 9; Schwerdt I, p. 22: 'rare, well-drawn and beautifully coloured'; Siltzer p. 69 (also later issue).
FIRST ISSUE OF A RARE EARLY ALKEN. The companion series to Miseries of Shooting, it provides 'a splendid series of hunting scenes ... all fine impressions, delicately coloured' (Dixon). The Dixon copy is from a later issue with the plates dated 1 March, 1817, and paper watermarked 1819. Dixon 9; Schwerdt I, p. 22: 'rare, well-drawn and beautifully coloured'; Siltzer p. 69 (also later issue).