Edition: 1st Edition
Illustrated By: Henry Alken
Published By: Thomas McLean
Bound in half red morocco binding with gilt hunting whip and fox mask decoration to the spine, this copy with 40 of the 42 hand-coloured soft ground etchings plates. This most famous of works covering hunting in Leicestershire, with the splendid large-scale plates. The plates depicting humorous equestrian incidents and the dangers often associated when out hunting and not fully in control of your horse. Here we see Alken's skills of composition, his understanding of horses in motion, combine with his brilliant talent for drawing to produce one of the most amusing books on hunting and coaching. Foxing and spotting to the front and rear of each plates with more significant spotting to early pages. Siltzer p.72; Tooley 36; Schwerdt I p.17; Mellon/Snelgrove p.37.
Book Condition: Good
Author: Henry Alken
Binding: hardback
Ref: 113194
Price £0.00 was £700.00
