![WILLIAMSON, Thomas (1790-1815) and Samuel HOWETT (1755-1822). Oriental Field Sports: being [a] complete, detailed and accurate description of the wild Sports of the East. London: by William Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1807.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06222_0203_000(122309).jpg?w=1)
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WILLIAMSON, Thomas (1790-1815) and Samuel HOWETT (1755-1822). Oriental Field Sports: being [a] complete, detailed and accurate description of the wild Sports of the East. London: by William Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1807.
Oblong 2 (458 x 570mm). Hand-coloured engraved additional title and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Williamson and Howett with titles in English and French. (Title torn with slight loss and repaired, also tattered at margins, additional title torn and stained at margins, some soiling of plate blank margins, plates 20 and 29 with clean tear into engraved area and crude paper repairs on verso, plate 22 with short tear at bottom margin, plate 32 slightly spotted, plates 37-40 with light creasemarks, some tears and repairs and some creasing of text leaves.) Old boards (rebacked in roan).
FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 427; Schwerdt II, p. 297; Tooley 508.
Oblong 2 (458 x 570mm). Hand-coloured engraved additional title and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Williamson and Howett with titles in English and French. (Title torn with slight loss and repaired, also tattered at margins, additional title torn and stained at margins, some soiling of plate blank margins, plates 20 and 29 with clean tear into engraved area and crude paper repairs on verso, plate 22 with short tear at bottom margin, plate 32 slightly spotted, plates 37-40 with light creasemarks, some tears and repairs and some creasing of text leaves.) Old boards (rebacked in roan).
FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 427; Schwerdt II, p. 297; Tooley 508.