Lot 68
68
ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. 8° (280 x 175mm). 50 uncoloured etched plates, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt'. (Occasional dust marks and isolated spots.) Original brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind, and with gilt title on front cover (spine restored at head and foot); red morocco-backed clamshell case by Aquarius.
ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. 8° (280 x 175mm). 50 uncoloured etched plates, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt'. (Occasional dust marks and isolated spots.) Original brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind, and with gilt title on front cover (spine restored at head and foot); red morocco-backed clamshell case by Aquarius.

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ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. 8° (280 x 175mm). 50 uncoloured etched plates, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt'. (Occasional dust marks and isolated spots.) Original brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind, and with gilt title on front cover (spine restored at head and foot); red morocco-backed clamshell case by Aquarius.

FIRST EDITION. Uncoloured Alken's soft-ground etchings show a strong resemblance to original drawings, and unusually are here bound in original cloth. Mellon/Snelgrove 102; Mellon/Podeschi 121; Schwerdt I, p. 20; Siltzer p. 72; Tooley 43.

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