[APPERLEY, Charles James]. - Lot 25

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[APPERLEY, Charles James]. - Lot 25
[APPERLEY, Charles James]. Sporting embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British Field Sports, from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough, E. Landseer, A. Cooper, Charles Hancock, J. F. Lewis, W. Barraud... London, A. H. Baily, 1838 HUNTING AND PAINTING IN THE AGE OF ENGLISH ROMANTICISM. A COPY FOR THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER FIRST EDITION. In-folio (369 x 265mm). Engraved vignettes. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 21 plates. PUBLISHER'S BINDING. Green percaline, heraldic decoration with hunting motif in the center of the upper board, cold-stamped frame on both boards, gilt edges. PROVENANCE: H. R. H. the Prince Henry, duke of Gloucester (1900-1974; bookplate; Christie's London, January 27, 2006, part of lot 624, without the 3 manuscript ff. then mentioned). Schwerdt, I, p. 40. One of the yellow paper endpapers slightly creased at the edges, very pale wetness to a few plates.
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