FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c.&c. Containing Fifty Plates Beautifully Coloured, From the Original Drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c &c.

With 50 beautifully hand-coloured plates Small folio, handsome contemporary straight grain dark green morocco rebacked to style, gilt bands on the spine, the covers with wide gilt and blind-tooled borders, a.e.g. 79 text plus plates. A nice copy with the plates in clean condition. ONE OF THE GREAT OLD COLOURPLATE BOOKS. The earliest editions of this work (Tooley 226) contained 110 plates, and Tooley mentions another issue but does not indicate that fewer plates were included. The plates are dated 1813 but not watermarked; the second edition was published in 1819. It includes four illustrations on whaling. The book focuses on hunting, fishing, and sporting activities from around the world, with anecdotes and illustrations on the various forms of field sports practiced in various countries. Howitt contributed the anecdotes to the Foreign Field Sports, providing descriptions of hunting, fishing, and the similar activities. His personal interest in these topics made him a fitting contributor. Atkinson and Clark were both well-known illustrators of the period. Both artist are celebrated for their depictions of foreign lands and the people and animals found there.…