The Life of a Sportsman by Nimrod. With Thirty-Six Coloured Illustrations By Henry Alken.

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First Edition, first issue with 4 plates on india paper mounted on plate paper, 36 coloured illustrations (including frontispiece), printed & engraved coloured title pages, pp: viii+[1]-402,[10], publisher's adverts at end, original covers bound in on 3 leaves at end with adverts for Ackermann's Sporting Library & engravings. Bound by Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly in full red crushed morocco, gilt, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, with gilt sporting motifs in compartments, lettered direct, boards double gilt ruled & gilt ruled inner dentelles, all edges gilt, an excellent & handsome copy with both the text & plates very good indeed. Tooley states: "Considered by many to be the premier coloured plate sporting book in the 19th century, by others as sharing this honour with Jorrock's Jaunts." Tooley 65. Charles J Apperley, at one time a failed farmer in Shropshire, was possibly the first person to report hunting in a journalistic vein. N° de ref. del artículo 1887

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