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ALKEN, Henry. Hunting or Six Hours' Sport by Three Real Good Ones from the East End. London: Thos. McLean, 1823.
Oblong 2º (308 x 397mm). 6 hand-coloured etched plates, mounted and hinged. (Lacking the letterpress title.) Mid 20th-century blue half morocco, spine with raised bands lettered in gilt, original printed front wrapper laid down on front cover with reduced margins, blue cloth slipcase, uncut. Provenance: bought from Parke-Bernet, 1947.
FINE, ANIMATED PLATES showing the misfortunes of three cockney huntsmen who begin their day at 8 o’clock, find difficulty in staying mounted at 9 o’clock, get hopelessly entangled with fences and trees by 10, then charge into a herd of pigs at 11, for which the local villagers exact a heavy fee by 12. Mellon/Snelgrove 17; Schwerdt I, p. 16; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 32.
Oblong 2º (308 x 397mm). 6 hand-coloured etched plates, mounted and hinged. (Lacking the letterpress title.) Mid 20th-century blue half morocco, spine with raised bands lettered in gilt, original printed front wrapper laid down on front cover with reduced margins, blue cloth slipcase, uncut. Provenance: bought from Parke-Bernet, 1947.
FINE, ANIMATED PLATES showing the misfortunes of three cockney huntsmen who begin their day at 8 o’clock, find difficulty in staying mounted at 9 o’clock, get hopelessly entangled with fences and trees by 10, then charge into a herd of pigs at 11, for which the local villagers exact a heavy fee by 12. Mellon/Snelgrove 17; Schwerdt I, p. 16; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 32.
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