WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas - Lot 231

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WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas - Lot 231
WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas Oriental Field Sports London, J. M'Creery, 1819 HUNTING IN INDIA. FINE COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING Second edition 2 volumes in-4 (325 x 226mm) ILLUSTRATION: two frontispieces and 40 plates by Samuel Howitt, heightened in contemporary colors. CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS. Red morocco, gilded decoration, plate with animal motifs on each of the boards, scrolls and fillets framing, spines decorated with animal motifs. Spines faded, some signs of use. First plate partly unbound with small marginal tears, some foxing. "The most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence" (Schwerdt). BIBLIOGRAPHY: Schwerdt II, p. 297 -- Abbey, Travel, 427
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