The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters that Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season, 1845-6

Surtees, Robert Smith

Published by London, London, 1846

About this Item

First edition, second issue, with both prefaces. Original red cloth, restored, some wear at corners and edges, backstrip well rubbed. AEG. half-title, vi, 326, [4] pp., seven hand-colored plates by Henry Alken, including the pictorial title page. Gordon Ray, p.36, "He [Alken] worked in color aquatint in a style akin to that of Rowlandson and the early George Cruikshank, passing from the broader caricature in his early books to a more sober recording of the passing scene in his later." Tooley 470. Seller Inventory # b01105

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a ...

Publisher: London, London

Publication Date: 1846

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition