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THORNTON, Thomas. A Sporting Tour through the northern parts of England, and the great part of the Highlands of Scotland ..., London: for Vernor and Hood by James Swan, 1804. 4, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates (some spotting), contemporary half calf, spine gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: F. Thornhill (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. The plate opposite p. 161 shows pike fishing. Schwerdt II, p. 259; W. & S. p. 203; Petit 2067.
PYE, Henry James. The Sportsman's Dictionary, London: for John Stockdale, 1807. 4, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (some spotting and browning), contemporary half calf (slightly worn). Fifth edition, the first having appeared in 1778. Petit 2008.
With two other illustrated works, L. Lloyd's Field Sports of the North of Europe (London, 1830, 2 vols., 8) in later green half morocco [W. & S. p. 135; Petit 1411], and By the Loch and River Side (Edinburgh, 1866, oblong 4) in contemporary half calf [W. & S. p. 136; Petit 1414]. (5)
PYE, Henry James. The Sportsman's Dictionary, London: for John Stockdale, 1807. 4, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (some spotting and browning), contemporary half calf (slightly worn). Fifth edition, the first having appeared in 1778. Petit 2008.
With two other illustrated works, L. Lloyd's Field Sports of the North of Europe (London, 1830, 2 vols., 8) in later green half morocco [W. & S. p. 135; Petit 1411], and By the Loch and River Side (Edinburgh, 1866, oblong 4) in contemporary half calf [W. & S. p. 136; Petit 1414]. (5)