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[ALKEN, Henry]. Some do, and Some do Not; It is All a Notion. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1820-1821.
Oblong 2° (255 x 347mm). Letterpress descriptive title, 7 hand-coloured etched plates tipped into an album, interleaved. Red morocco c.1900 by Donnelley, Chicago, covers gilt ruled, black morocco title labels on front cover and along spine, turn-ins gilt ruled (light rubbing); red cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 15 June 1931, part lot 103.
'A FINE SET IN ALKEN'S BEST STYLE' (Schwerdt). The short preface by ‘Ben Tally Ho’ makes it clear that there are both horses and riders that do not or cannot. 'Even at Melton Mowbray, the Court of Hunting, there are, out of every ten men, three who do not; and out of every ten horses, five that cannot.’ The striking plates, similar to Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, had a companion piece in Some will and Some will not (lot 107). FINE COPY. Dixon 36; Mellon/Snellgrove 11; Schwerdt I, p. 22; Siltzer p. 70; Tooley 50.
Oblong 2° (255 x 347mm). Letterpress descriptive title, 7 hand-coloured etched plates tipped into an album, interleaved. Red morocco c.1900 by Donnelley, Chicago, covers gilt ruled, black morocco title labels on front cover and along spine, turn-ins gilt ruled (light rubbing); red cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 15 June 1931, part lot 103.
'A FINE SET IN ALKEN'S BEST STYLE' (Schwerdt). The short preface by ‘Ben Tally Ho’ makes it clear that there are both horses and riders that do not or cannot. 'Even at Melton Mowbray, the Court of Hunting, there are, out of every ten men, three who do not; and out of every ten horses, five that cannot.’ The striking plates, similar to Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, had a companion piece in Some will and Some will not (lot 107). FINE COPY. Dixon 36; Mellon/Snellgrove 11; Schwerdt I, p. 22; Siltzer p. 70; Tooley 50.
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