![[ALKEN, Henry.] Sporting Discoveries or The Miseries of Shooting ... being Hints to Young Sportsmen by Ben Tally-Ho. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1 February 1816 [no watermark]. Oblong 2° (285 x 425mm). 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Inscriptions neatly erased from top margins, short marginal tears, plate 3 with faint offsetting.) Red half morocco gilt for Sawyer (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Ronald Harmsworth (signature dated 1926) -- Nathan of Churt (1889-1963, Privy Council; bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0007_000(alken_henry_sporting_discoveries_or_the_miseries_of_shooting_being_hin113409).jpg?w=1)
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[ALKEN, Henry.] Sporting Discoveries or The Miseries of Shooting ... being Hints to Young Sportsmen by Ben Tally-Ho. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1 February 1816 [no watermark]. Oblong 2° (285 x 425mm). 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Inscriptions neatly erased from top margins, short marginal tears, plate 3 with faint offsetting.) Red half morocco gilt for Sawyer (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Ronald Harmsworth (signature dated 1926) -- Nathan of Churt (1889-1963, Privy Council; bookplate).
'A WELL DRAWN AND FINELY COLOURED SET OF PLATES representing shooting accidents' (Schwerdt). Apart from getting caught in a man trap, Alken's marksman manages to shoot at one of his dogs, kill a sheep, set his dogs on a flock of tame turkeys, and mortally scare an old lady carrying a basket of eggs. Dixon 7: 'one of the rarest of Alken's works'; Mellon/Snelgrove 45; Schwerdt I, p.23 (also without wrappers); Siltzer p.57; Tooley 53.
'A WELL DRAWN AND FINELY COLOURED SET OF PLATES representing shooting accidents' (Schwerdt). Apart from getting caught in a man trap, Alken's marksman manages to shoot at one of his dogs, kill a sheep, set his dogs on a flock of tame turkeys, and mortally scare an old lady carrying a basket of eggs. Dixon 7: 'one of the rarest of Alken's works'; Mellon/Snelgrove 45; Schwerdt I, p.23 (also without wrappers); Siltzer p.57; Tooley 53.