![ALKEN, Henry. [Sporting Notions.] London: McLean, 1831-1833 [on thick paper watermarked 1830-1833]. 2° (335 x 250mm). 36 hand-coloured etchings with aquatint. (Plate 1 browned, light soiling.) Early 20th-century red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments. Provenance: Henri Gallice (bookplate) -- Marcel Jeanson (bookplate; sold, Sotheby's Monaco, 28 February 1987, lot 15).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0090_000(alken_henry_sporting_notions_london_mclean_1831-1833_on_thick_paper_wa125405).jpg?w=1)
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ALKEN, Henry. [Sporting Notions.] London: McLean, 1831-1833 [on thick paper watermarked 1830-1833]. 2° (335 x 250mm). 36 hand-coloured etchings with aquatint. (Plate 1 browned, light soiling.) Early 20th-century red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments. Provenance: Henri Gallice (bookplate) -- Marcel Jeanson (bookplate; sold, Sotheby's Monaco, 28 February 1987, lot 15).
JEANSON COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. 'The plates are fine examples of Alken's work at the height of his career' (Dixon). According to ABPC, no other coloured copy has sold at auction since this one at the Jeanson sale in 1987. Dixon 95; Mellon/Snelgrove 34; Schwerdt I, p.23; Siltzer, p.73; Tooley 54.
JEANSON COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. 'The plates are fine examples of Alken's work at the height of his career' (Dixon). According to ABPC, no other coloured copy has sold at auction since this one at the Jeanson sale in 1987. Dixon 95; Mellon/Snelgrove 34; Schwerdt I, p.23; Siltzer, p.73; Tooley 54.