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FOX-HUNTING -- VYNER, Robert Thomas. Notitia Venatice: A Treatise on Fox Hunting. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1841. 8° (240 x 148mm). 8 hand-colured lithographs by E. Aubry after H. Alken. (Some light spotting.) Original green cloth with vignette of horse in gilt on covers (extremities rubbed). Provenance: W.H. Adams Hyett (gift inscription dated 1843) -- Rich[ar]d Bryam, Bristol, 1873 (owner's inscription) -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 12 March 1946, lot 2127). 'One of 10 special copies coloured for presents', inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt II, p.286.
WEST, William. A History of the Forest or Chace known by the name of Cranborn Chace. Gillingham: E. Neave, 1816. -- Anecdotes Respecting Cranbourn Chase. London: J. Nichols, 1818. -- A Second Edition of the Anecdotes and History of Cranbourn Chase. London: J. Nichols, 1818. 3 works, 8° (224 x 135mm). Errata leaf in first work, 4-page publisher's advertisements in second work. (Some spotting.) Uniformly bound in contemporary green morocco gilt, 2 vols. signed by Riviere (one vol. slightly rubbed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 12 March 1946, lot 2145). Schwerdt II, p.293.
An Essay on Hunting by a Country Squire. London: J. Roberts, 1818. 8° (242 x 149mm). Engraved frontispiece by Scott, engraved title. (Spotting.) UNCUT in contemporary boards, paper spine label (joints worn, spine chipped). Provenance: Philip S. Huth (bookplate); and 22 others on fox-hunting including Thomas Jones' A Diary of the Quorndon Hunt (Derby, 1816) and the Schwerdt copies of Cornelius Tongue's ["Cecil"] The Belvoir Hunt, The Billesdon Hunt, The North Warwickshire Hunt, The Quorn Hunt and The Badminton Hunt, in original wrappers (Edinburgh and London, n.d., Schwerdt II, p.263-4; his sale, 12 March 1946, lot 2091). (27)
WEST, William. A History of the Forest or Chace known by the name of Cranborn Chace. Gillingham: E. Neave, 1816. -- Anecdotes Respecting Cranbourn Chase. London: J. Nichols, 1818. -- A Second Edition of the Anecdotes and History of Cranbourn Chase. London: J. Nichols, 1818. 3 works, 8° (224 x 135mm). Errata leaf in first work, 4-page publisher's advertisements in second work. (Some spotting.) Uniformly bound in contemporary green morocco gilt, 2 vols. signed by Riviere (one vol. slightly rubbed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 12 March 1946, lot 2145). Schwerdt II, p.293.
An Essay on Hunting by a Country Squire. London: J. Roberts, 1818. 8° (242 x 149mm). Engraved frontispiece by Scott, engraved title. (Spotting.) UNCUT in contemporary boards, paper spine label (joints worn, spine chipped). Provenance: Philip S. Huth (bookplate); and 22 others on fox-hunting including Thomas Jones' A Diary of the Quorndon Hunt (Derby, 1816) and the Schwerdt copies of Cornelius Tongue's ["Cecil"] The Belvoir Hunt, The Billesdon Hunt, The North Warwickshire Hunt, The Quorn Hunt and The Badminton Hunt, in original wrappers (Edinburgh and London, n.d., Schwerdt II, p.263-4; his sale, 12 March 1946, lot 2091). (27)
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