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[ALKEN, Henry]. How to qualify for a Meltonian: Addressed to All would-be Meltonians by Ben Tally-Ho. London: S. and J. Fuller, 16 July 1819.
Oblong 2° (330 x 412mm). 3 leaves of text, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Alken. (Final leaf of text with closed tear at margin.) Mid 20th-century green morocco gilt (upper joints lightly rubbed), original buff printed wrappers bound in, title printed on front cover and advertisements for S. and J. Fuller's books, the majority by Alken, on back cover. Provenance: Dulles – C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (in his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 44) – Lucius Wilmerding (purchased from him in 1952).
SCHWERDT COPY described by him as 'one of the finest of Alken's sets, produced during the great period of the Leicestershire hunts.' With text and in wrappers, it is 'very rare.' Sparrow praises Alken's 'mood of high comedy free from caricature', and the descriptive text by the artist himself is part of the burlesque. His advice to the ‘would-be Meltonian’ on taking a difficult jump is to adopt an 'extremely careless' attitude. 'However extraordinary the leap may be, never appear to think it of consequence'. In the corresponding plate, an impeccably-groomed rider glides nonchalantly high over a ditch and wattle fence with one hand on the reigns, the other thrust casually in his pocket. The plates are watermarked J. Whatman 1817. Mellon/Snelgrove 10; Schwerdt I, p. 15; Siltzer p. 58; Sparrow p. 16; Tooley 29: 'the text is rare and frequently missing'.
Oblong 2° (330 x 412mm). 3 leaves of text, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Alken. (Final leaf of text with closed tear at margin.) Mid 20th-century green morocco gilt (upper joints lightly rubbed), original buff printed wrappers bound in, title printed on front cover and advertisements for S. and J. Fuller's books, the majority by Alken, on back cover. Provenance: Dulles – C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (in his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 44) – Lucius Wilmerding (purchased from him in 1952).
SCHWERDT COPY described by him as 'one of the finest of Alken's sets, produced during the great period of the Leicestershire hunts.' With text and in wrappers, it is 'very rare.' Sparrow praises Alken's 'mood of high comedy free from caricature', and the descriptive text by the artist himself is part of the burlesque. His advice to the ‘would-be Meltonian’ on taking a difficult jump is to adopt an 'extremely careless' attitude. 'However extraordinary the leap may be, never appear to think it of consequence'. In the corresponding plate, an impeccably-groomed rider glides nonchalantly high over a ditch and wattle fence with one hand on the reigns, the other thrust casually in his pocket. The plates are watermarked J. Whatman 1817. Mellon/Snelgrove 10; Schwerdt I, p. 15; Siltzer p. 58; Sparrow p. 16; Tooley 29: 'the text is rare and frequently missing'.
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