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The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism. London: W. Lewis, 1822.
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ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851) and James BARENGER (1780-1831)
The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism. London: W. Lewis, 1822.
'The first and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine' (Schwerdt), extra-illustrated with a watercolour by Alken. This preparatory ‘trial sketch' of the plate 'Tandem Driving,' shows only one carriage at the forefront with no others behind, whereas the published plate shows a total of 4 carriages together with many more people. The present volume contains all of the numbers ever printed of this rare and important magazine. Bobins IV, 1389; Schwerdt II, p.21.
Octavo (231 x 150mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 18 aquatint plates, all coloured by a contemporary hand, after Henry Alken and James Barenger by G. and T. Hunt, extra-illustrated with an original pen, ink and watercolour design by Henry Alken for ‘Tandem Driving’ mounted (some offsetting affecting title and text, marginal tear to p.160). Contemporary straight-grained red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt (extremities faintly rubbed); clamshell box backed in red morocco (broken). Provenance: Karl Hierseman (of Leipzig, sold 1 June 1931 to:) – P. Groot Voltheim (stamp on verso of title) – Joel Spitz (Trail Tree bookplate and stamp to inside of box).
The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism. London: W. Lewis, 1822.
'The first and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine' (Schwerdt), extra-illustrated with a watercolour by Alken. This preparatory ‘trial sketch' of the plate 'Tandem Driving,' shows only one carriage at the forefront with no others behind, whereas the published plate shows a total of 4 carriages together with many more people. The present volume contains all of the numbers ever printed of this rare and important magazine. Bobins IV, 1389; Schwerdt II, p.21.
Octavo (231 x 150mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 18 aquatint plates, all coloured by a contemporary hand, after Henry Alken and James Barenger by G. and T. Hunt, extra-illustrated with an original pen, ink and watercolour design by Henry Alken for ‘Tandem Driving’ mounted (some offsetting affecting title and text, marginal tear to p.160). Contemporary straight-grained red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt (extremities faintly rubbed); clamshell box backed in red morocco (broken). Provenance: Karl Hierseman (of Leipzig, sold 1 June 1931 to:) – P. Groot Voltheim (stamp on verso of title) – Joel Spitz (Trail Tree bookplate and stamp to inside of box).
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