ID 819242
Lot 1148 | Oriental Field Sports: Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East.
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 8 000
Plates from "The most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence" (Schwerdt).“The printing process of the frontispiece and part wrappers, which show a tiger lying on a rock, seems remarkable and gives a brilliant effect when in fresh condition. The printing appears to be in oil colour, and in places it has chipped or flaked off … the process might possibly have been a stencil one, and the effect is similar to modern silk screen work” (Abbey). Abbey Travel 427; Schwerdt II, 297; Tooley 508.
Oblong folio (450 x 565mm). Color printed frontispiece and 22 plates only (of 40). Disbound. Sold as a collection of plates.
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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