![SHOOTING -- COOTE, Robert. The Compleat Marksman: or The True Art of Shooting-Flying. A poem. London: C. Henderson, [1760?]. 8° (202 x 117mm), [4] 36p. (Old sewing marks.) Brown half calf by Kelly and Son for Schwerdt with gilt arms on spine, red edges. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (binding and bookplate). ESTC locates just 3 copies of this edition and 3 of the the earlier edition of 1759. Chute 127: 'Coote largely copies Markland, but is less scholarly and more readable. The second edition and the one found by Schwerdt. Very rare'; Schwerdt IV, p. 23.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CKS/2006_CKS_07300_0594_000(113239).jpg?w=1)
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SHOOTING -- COOTE, Robert. The Compleat Marksman: or The True Art of Shooting-Flying. A poem. London: C. Henderson, [1760?]. 8° (202 x 117mm), [4] 36p. (Old sewing marks.) Brown half calf by Kelly and Son for Schwerdt with gilt arms on spine, red edges. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (binding and bookplate). ESTC locates just 3 copies of this edition and 3 of the the earlier edition of 1759. Chute 127: 'Coote largely copies Markland, but is less scholarly and more readable. The second edition and the one found by Schwerdt. Very rare'; Schwerdt IV, p. 23.
EDIE, George. The Art of English Shooting. London: J. Cooke, [1775?]. 8° (176 x 107mm), 29 [1]p., engraved frontispiece. (Some spotting and staining, old sewing marks.) Polished marbled calf for Schwerdt preserving contemporary marbled wrappers, triple gilt rule, gilt spine with his arms at foot, top edge gilt. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (binding and bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot part lot 489). Second edition. NOT IN BL. The one located copy of this edition in ESTC, in the National Library of Ireland, apparently lacks the frontispiece. Schwerdt also owned a copy of the 1772 first edition published as A Treatise on English Shooting (see lot 564). Chute 193: 'very scarce'; Schwerdt I, p. 158.
[TAPLIN, William (?1740-1807)]. An Appeal to the Representatives ... respecting the Present Destructive State of the Game .... London : G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. 8° (230 x 141mm). Engraved frontispiece by Barlow. (Some spotting.) UNCUT in contemporary marbled boards (spine worn). Provenance: C.F.G.R Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 91). Schwerdt I, p.36; and [William Blane, ed.] Essays on Hunting (Southampton, [1782]), uncut in original boards. Second edition. ESTC online lists 3 copies only. Schwerdt I, p.164. (4)
EDIE, George. The Art of English Shooting. London: J. Cooke, [1775?]. 8° (176 x 107mm), 29 [1]p., engraved frontispiece. (Some spotting and staining, old sewing marks.) Polished marbled calf for Schwerdt preserving contemporary marbled wrappers, triple gilt rule, gilt spine with his arms at foot, top edge gilt. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (binding and bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot part lot 489). Second edition. NOT IN BL. The one located copy of this edition in ESTC, in the National Library of Ireland, apparently lacks the frontispiece. Schwerdt also owned a copy of the 1772 first edition published as A Treatise on English Shooting (see lot 564). Chute 193: 'very scarce'; Schwerdt I, p. 158.
[TAPLIN, William (?1740-1807)]. An Appeal to the Representatives ... respecting the Present Destructive State of the Game .... London : G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. 8° (230 x 141mm). Engraved frontispiece by Barlow. (Some spotting.) UNCUT in contemporary marbled boards (spine worn). Provenance: C.F.G.R Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 91). Schwerdt I, p.36; and [William Blane, ed.] Essays on Hunting (Southampton, [1782]), uncut in original boards. Second edition. ESTC online lists 3 copies only. Schwerdt I, p.164. (4)
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