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[WILLIAMSON, Thomas] - Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes.. Fi
[WILLIAMSON, Thomas] - Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes.. Field Sports of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales. Londra: Edward Orme, 1814-13 [tavole con filigrana del 1811].
"Le tavole colorate di quest'opera, in particolare quelle disegnate da Howitt, sono interessanti, sia per quanto riguarda le scene ritratte che la coloritura, e la produzione nel suo insieme possiede un certo prestigio" (Schwerdt).
2 parti in un volume, 4to(280 x 216mm). Occhiello, 110 tavole colorate a mano all'epoca (occasionali macchie di polvere e sporadiche altre macchioline). Mezza pelle coeva, dorso decorato in oro, tagli marmorizzati (giunture rotte, alcuni graffi).
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[WILLIAMSON, Thomas] - Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes.. Field Sports of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales. London: Edward Orme, 1814-13 [tavole con filigrana del 1811].
The coloured plates in this work, especially those drawn by Howitt, are fine, both as regards to draughtsmanship and colouring, and the production as a whole possesses a certain cachet.." (Schwerdt). The field sports depicted are wonderfully diverse, including "Arabs Hawking Antelopes", "Russian Fishing in Winter", "German Bear-trap pitfull", "Hunting Antelopes with a Panther", "Whale Fishery" (4), Bullfighting (13), "Greenlanders Seal Hunting" and "Hog Hunting in India"; ir includes the supplement of ten New South Wales plates. Plates watermarked 1811.
2 parts in one volume, 4to (280 x 216mm). Half-title, 110 handcoloured plates (some light soiling and a few scattered stains) Contemporary half leather, gilt spine, marbled edges (joints split, extremities rubbed and scuffed).