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THORNTON, Thomas, Colonel (1757-1823). A Sporting Tour through various parts of France. London: Longman, 1806. 2 volumes, 4° (328 x 257mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved titles, 53 plates, including 11 double-page, 4-page publisher's advertisements. (Occasional spotting in vol.II, heavier on a couple of leaves, marginal dampstain on one plate.) Contemporary red half-morocco, gilt spine (slightly rubbed at edges). Provenance: Sinckler Porter (armorial bookplate) -- Grand Duke of Tuscany (armorial bookplate, vol.II) -- Duke of Dorset (handpainted armorial bookplate, vol.I) -- Robert Frederick Green (bookplate, dated 1909). LARGE-PAPER COPY. Schwerdt II, 259-260; Abbey Travel 84.
[BUNBURY, Henry William (1750-1811)]. The Academy for Grown Horsemen ... by Geoffrey Gambado. London: W. Dickinson, 1787. [Bound with] [H.W. BUNBURY] Annals of Horsemanship ... by Geoffrey Gambado. London: W. Baynes, 1808. 2 volumes in 1, 4° (318 x 229mm). 29 plates, including 8 hand-coloured. (Plates laid down, a few marginal tears repaired, spotting and light offsetting.) Contemporary blue English panelled morocco (spine and extremities rubbed). Provenance: Sir Henry Edward Bunbury (7th Baronet, 1778-1860, armorial bookplate). together with a FIRST EDITION of Annals of Horsemaship (London, 1791, with hand-coloured plates, cut to the plate mark and mounted) and John Church's A Cabinet of Quadrupeds (London, 1805, 2 vols., Nissen ZBI 886). (6)
[BUNBURY, Henry William (1750-1811)]. The Academy for Grown Horsemen ... by Geoffrey Gambado. London: W. Dickinson, 1787. [Bound with] [H.W. BUNBURY] Annals of Horsemanship ... by Geoffrey Gambado. London: W. Baynes, 1808. 2 volumes in 1, 4° (318 x 229mm). 29 plates, including 8 hand-coloured. (Plates laid down, a few marginal tears repaired, spotting and light offsetting.) Contemporary blue English panelled morocco (spine and extremities rubbed). Provenance: Sir Henry Edward Bunbury (7th Baronet, 1778-1860, armorial bookplate). together with a FIRST EDITION of Annals of Horsemaship (London, 1791, with hand-coloured plates, cut to the plate mark and mounted) and John Church's A Cabinet of Quadrupeds (London, 1805, 2 vols., Nissen ZBI 886). (6)
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