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The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1820-1821.
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ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851)
The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1820-1821.
The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue with the additional title dated 1820. 'Alken's most important work ... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection' (Tooley). It contains 'aquatints of exceptional quality considered by many to be Alken's greatest achievement and one of Britain's finest sporting books' (Litchfield). Bobins II. 746; Litchfield 14; Mellon/Podeschi 111; Schwerdt I, p.19; Souhart 10; Tooley 41.
Folio (467 x 304mm). Aquatint additional title and 50 aquatint plates after Henry Alken, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand (occasional light offsetting and spotting). Contemporary green half morocco, gilt spine, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Burch (ink presentation inscription on recto of additional title dated 24 January 1862, to:) — Harry Farmer — Stephen George Holland (bookplate) — C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; sale Sotheby's 22 May 1939, lot 51) — Marcel Jeanson (bookplate; sale Sotheby's Monaco, 28 February 1987, lot 14).
The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1820-1821.
The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue with the additional title dated 1820. 'Alken's most important work ... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection' (Tooley). It contains 'aquatints of exceptional quality considered by many to be Alken's greatest achievement and one of Britain's finest sporting books' (Litchfield). Bobins II. 746; Litchfield 14; Mellon/Podeschi 111; Schwerdt I, p.19; Souhart 10; Tooley 41.
Folio (467 x 304mm). Aquatint additional title and 50 aquatint plates after Henry Alken, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand (occasional light offsetting and spotting). Contemporary green half morocco, gilt spine, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Burch (ink presentation inscription on recto of additional title dated 24 January 1862, to:) — Harry Farmer — Stephen George Holland (bookplate) — C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; sale Sotheby's 22 May 1939, lot 51) — Marcel Jeanson (bookplate; sale Sotheby's Monaco, 28 February 1987, lot 14).
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