NOTITIA VENATICA, A TREATISE ON FOX-HUNTING

Vyner (Robert T.)

Description:

Embracing the General Management of Hounds.

A New Edition Revised, Corrected and Enlarged by William C.A. Blew.

Revised and brought down to date by Cuthbert Bradley.

With twelve illustrations by Henry Alken and others coloured by hand.

2 volumes, 139 + 184 pages, 12 hand coloured plates (2 as frontispieces), original green straight-grained green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt and black, top edges gilt, others uncut. The cloth at the top of the spine of volume 2 is creased and the edges and corners lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, staining on the title page of volume 1 and the frontispiece is working loose, otherwise the contents are good.

Details:

  • Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, Limited
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1910
  • Edition: Seventh Edition
  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (270 x 180)
  • Lot No: 93
  • Hammer Price: $20
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $100/150
  • Reserve: $20

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