![ROBERTS, James (illustrator). The Sportsman's Pocket Companion, being a striking likeness or portraiture of the most eminent race horses and stallions ... drawn by James Roberts and engraved by Henry Roberts. London: [ca. 1760]. 8° (218 x 140mm). 40 engraved plates, some with vignette at foot, engraved index leaf. (Plate 12 shorter at margins, some spotting and browning, heavier at margins.) Modern green morocco, spine gilt.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0235_000(roberts_james_the_sportsmans_pocket_companion_being_a_striking_likenes111620).jpg?w=1)
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ROBERTS, James (illustrator). The Sportsman's Pocket Companion, being a striking likeness or portraiture of the most eminent race horses and stallions ... drawn by James Roberts and engraved by Henry Roberts. London: [ca. 1760]. 8° (218 x 140mm). 40 engraved plates, some with vignette at foot, engraved index leaf. (Plate 12 shorter at margins, some spotting and browning, heavier at margins.) Modern green morocco, spine gilt.
RARE, only two copies recorded in ABPC/AE online. ESTC records two issues, one published and sold by Henry Roberts, the other printed for R. and R. Baldwin: just one location is given for the first issue (Winterthur), and one for the second (BL). Huth records the work under a variant title, and also notes an 1820 edition. The thoroughbreds depicted were actually running from the 1720s to 1750s. Huth p. 38.
RARE, only two copies recorded in ABPC/AE online. ESTC records two issues, one published and sold by Henry Roberts, the other printed for R. and R. Baldwin: just one location is given for the first issue (Winterthur), and one for the second (BL). Huth records the work under a variant title, and also notes an 1820 edition. The thoroughbreds depicted were actually running from the 1720s to 1750s. Huth p. 38.