![SHOOTING -- [FRANKLAND, Thomas (1750-1831)]. Cautions to Young Sportsmen. London: James Robson, 1800. 8° (217 x 126mm). 24p. Woodcut tail-piece by [?]Bewick. Contemporary marbled wrappers, recent cloth case. Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO THOMAS BEWICK (half title inscribed 'Gift from Sir Thomas Frankland Bart to T. Bewick engraver Newcastle 1800') - C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 10 July 1939, lot 1380). FIRST EDITION of this 'treatise throwing light on the reception given by English sportsmen to the double barelled shotgun at the time of its introduction in France'. Copac locates 2 copies at BL and Edinburgh University (imperfect); ESTC locates one copy in the US (Library of Congress). A second edition appeared in 1801. SCHWERDT COPY. Schwerdt I, p. 187; cf. Chute 220 (2nd edition: 'I have yet to see a copy' [of the first]).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CKS/2006_CKS_07300_0597_000(113239).jpg?w=1)
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SHOOTING -- [FRANKLAND, Thomas (1750-1831)]. Cautions to Young Sportsmen. London: James Robson, 1800. 8° (217 x 126mm). 24p. Woodcut tail-piece by [?]Bewick. Contemporary marbled wrappers, recent cloth case. Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO THOMAS BEWICK (half title inscribed 'Gift from Sir Thomas Frankland Bart to T. Bewick engraver Newcastle 1800') - C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 10 July 1939, lot 1380). FIRST EDITION of this 'treatise throwing light on the reception given by English sportsmen to the double barelled shotgun at the time of its introduction in France'. Copac locates 2 copies at BL and Edinburgh University (imperfect); ESTC locates one copy in the US (Library of Congress). A second edition appeared in 1801. SCHWERDT COPY. Schwerdt I, p. 187; cf. Chute 220 (2nd edition: 'I have yet to see a copy' [of the first]).
[SIMONDS, Barnabas (1723-1782)]. A Treatise on Field Diversions by a Gentleman of Suffolk. Norwich: W. Chase, 1776. 12° (156 x 90mm). 150 [2]p. (Half-title creased, title dust-soiled, minor stains.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (extremities worn, upper joints weak), recent half calf case. Provenance: J. Francis (title inscription and bookplate) - C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of a treatise showing 'the nature of the various kind of dogs in use ... the theory of gun barrels ... instructions to young sportsmen for speedily acquiring the art of shooting'. ESTC locates 5 copies. There were subsequent editions in 1824 and 1828. SCHWERDT COPY. Chute 617: 'exceedingly rare'; Schwerdt IV, p. 90: 'very scarce'.
[MAGNE DE MAROLLES, G.F. (d. 1792)]. An Essay on Shooting, translated and adapted by John Acton. London: T. Cadell, 1789. 8° (191 x 128mm). xiii [1] 303 [1]p. UNCUT IN CONTEMPORARY BOARDS with paper spine label (wear to spine), recent cloth slipcase. Provenance: John Winter (front blank inscribed 'John Winter Esq. with the author's compliments') -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 3). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOHN ACTON. Translated as the preface acknowledges from La Chasse au Fusil (1781) of Magne de Marolles, with an added description of game. SCHWERDT COPY. Chute 002; Schwerdt I, p. 2.
The Game Law. London: assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Abel Roper, 1705. 12° (153 x 86mm). xi [1] 68 [4]p. (C8 torn at inner corner.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked, corners rubbed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. ESTC locates just 5 copies. Goldsmiths' 4143; Schwerdt II, p. 90; and 2 later editions of the game laws (1727, 1751). (6)
[SIMONDS, Barnabas (1723-1782)]. A Treatise on Field Diversions by a Gentleman of Suffolk. Norwich: W. Chase, 1776. 12° (156 x 90mm). 150 [2]p. (Half-title creased, title dust-soiled, minor stains.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (extremities worn, upper joints weak), recent half calf case. Provenance: J. Francis (title inscription and bookplate) - C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of a treatise showing 'the nature of the various kind of dogs in use ... the theory of gun barrels ... instructions to young sportsmen for speedily acquiring the art of shooting'. ESTC locates 5 copies. There were subsequent editions in 1824 and 1828. SCHWERDT COPY. Chute 617: 'exceedingly rare'; Schwerdt IV, p. 90: 'very scarce'.
[MAGNE DE MAROLLES, G.F. (d. 1792)]. An Essay on Shooting, translated and adapted by John Acton. London: T. Cadell, 1789. 8° (191 x 128mm). xiii [1] 303 [1]p. UNCUT IN CONTEMPORARY BOARDS with paper spine label (wear to spine), recent cloth slipcase. Provenance: John Winter (front blank inscribed 'John Winter Esq. with the author's compliments') -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 3). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOHN ACTON. Translated as the preface acknowledges from La Chasse au Fusil (1781) of Magne de Marolles, with an added description of game. SCHWERDT COPY. Chute 002; Schwerdt I, p. 2.
The Game Law. London: assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Abel Roper, 1705. 12° (153 x 86mm). xi [1] 68 [4]p. (C8 torn at inner corner.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked, corners rubbed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. ESTC locates just 5 copies. Goldsmiths' 4143; Schwerdt II, p. 90; and 2 later editions of the game laws (1727, 1751). (6)
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