RAWSTORNE, Lawrence.  Gamonia or the Art of Preserving Game, London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (234 x 152mm.). Half title, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Reeve, Banks and others after Rawlins, errata slip at end. (Some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Publisher's green morocco gilt, gilt edges. (Extremities rubbed). Provenance: Minto Wilson (armorial bookplate). A work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. Abbey Life 392; Prideaux p. 358; Schwerdt II, p. 127; Tooley 205.
RAWSTORNE, Lawrence. Gamonia or the Art of Preserving Game, London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (234 x 152mm.). Half title, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Reeve, Banks and others after Rawlins, errata slip at end. (Some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Publisher's green morocco gilt, gilt edges. (Extremities rubbed). Provenance: Minto Wilson (armorial bookplate). A work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. Abbey Life 392; Prideaux p. 358; Schwerdt II, p. 127; Tooley 205.

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RAWSTORNE, Lawrence. Gamonia or the Art of Preserving Game, London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (234 x 152mm.). Half title, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Reeve, Banks and others after Rawlins, errata slip at end. (Some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Publisher's green morocco gilt, gilt edges. (Extremities rubbed). Provenance: Minto Wilson (armorial bookplate). A work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. Abbey Life 392; Prideaux p. 358; Schwerdt II, p. 127; Tooley 205.

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