Lot 88
88
ALKEN, Henry. [Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports, caught in Leicestershire]. London: Thos. McLean, 1827-1830 [but ca. 1860? paper watermarked W. King Alton Mill but without date]. 2° (380 x 275mm). 42 hand-coloured etched plates. (Without letterpress title.) Contemporary hard-grained red morocco, lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed).
ALKEN, Henry. [Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports, caught in Leicestershire]. London: Thos. McLean, 1827-1830 [but ca. 1860? paper watermarked W. King Alton Mill but without date]. 2° (380 x 275mm). 42 hand-coloured etched plates. (Without letterpress title.) Contemporary hard-grained red morocco, lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed).

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ALKEN, Henry. [Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports, caught in Leicestershire]. London: Thos. McLean, 1827-1830 [but ca. 1860? paper watermarked W. King Alton Mill but without date]. 2° (380 x 275mm). 42 hand-coloured etched plates. (Without letterpress title.) Contemporary hard-grained red morocco, lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed).

FINE, FRESH PLATES. cf. Mellon 104; Schwerdt I, p. 17; Siltzer p. 72; Tooley 36.

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