Sketches of Indian Field Sports: with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents,. as practiced by the Conjoors, and their methods of curing themselves when bitten: with remarks on hydrophobia and rabid animals.

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Title continued: . to which is added an account of hunting the wild boar, as followed by Europeans in Bengal and its dependances. Half orange morocco with gilt rule and marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; deckle edges. Includes sheet music for the song The Hog Hunt. Frontispiece and occasional black and white hors texte plates throughout. Pages bright and clean with minor foxing to some. Losses to top corner of pages 265-268, not effecting any text. Boards beginning to split from spine, primarily at top and bottom of front board, although is still intact and sturdy (see image). xii, 295 pp. 6 x 9 inches. N° de ref. del artículo 6413

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