![[ALKEN, Henry. Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting with Caricatures of Middlesex Sporting.] London: J. Dickinson, May-June 1825 [no watermark]. Oblong 4° (207 x 266), 12 numbered hand-coloured etched plates on fine paper, unsigned. (Plate 8 slightly soiled.) Full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 1907, sides with multiple gilt fillet borders, gilt-panelled spine, gilt edges, contemporary floral wrappers bound in.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0065_000(alken_henry_alkens_characteristic_sketches_of_hunting_with_caricatures110505).jpg?w=1)
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[ALKEN, Henry. Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting with Caricatures of Middlesex Sporting.] London: J. Dickinson, May-June 1825 [no watermark]. Oblong 4° (207 x 266), 12 numbered hand-coloured etched plates on fine paper, unsigned. (Plate 8 slightly soiled.) Full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 1907, sides with multiple gilt fillet borders, gilt-panelled spine, gilt edges, contemporary floral wrappers bound in.
GOOD SET of these paired hunting scenes, comparing the correct and incorrect approaches to the same obstacle. Since Alken was himself a Middlesex sportsman there is perhaps an element of self mockery involved. Mellon/Snelgrove 22; Schwerdt I, p. 11: 'a spirited set of hand-coloured plates. Scarce'; Siltzer pp. 60 & 72; Tooley 19 (variant title).
GOOD SET of these paired hunting scenes, comparing the correct and incorrect approaches to the same obstacle. Since Alken was himself a Middlesex sportsman there is perhaps an element of self mockery involved. Mellon/Snelgrove 22; Schwerdt I, p. 11: 'a spirited set of hand-coloured plates. Scarce'; Siltzer pp. 60 & 72; Tooley 19 (variant title).