ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851)

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ID 993073
Lot 10 | ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851)
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ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851)

Sporting Discoveries or The Miseries of Hunting in a series of seven plates being hints to young sportsmen. By Ben Tally-Ho. London: S. & J. Fuller, 1816. [watermarked 1815].

First issue of a rare early Alken. The companion to Miseries of Shooting and the Miseries of Driving. It provides ‘a splendid series of hunting scenes ... all fine impressions, delicately coloured’ (Dixon). The Dixon copy is from a later issue with the plates dated 1 March 1817, and paper watermarked 1819. Bobins IV, 1367; Tooley 53; Schwerdt I, p.22 ('rare, well-drawn and beautifully coloured’); Siltzer, p.69 (later issue).



Oblong quarto (280 x 385mm). 7 hand-coloured etched plates. (Some mostly marginal soiling and spotting). Printed portion of the original front wrapper window-mounted in modern paper wrappers, another original front wrapper loosely inserted; modern green cloth case, the upper side with gilt morocco label.





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