Sporting Anecdotes - Original and Select; Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons Who Have Appeared on the Turf

An Amateur Sportsman (Pierce Egan)

Published by London, London, 1804

About this Item

First edition. Later full polished calf with gilt dentelles and green morocco spine label, joints weak, small chip at bottom of spine. [xvi], 542 pp., frontis and 15 plates. The text is generally attributed to Pierce Egan. Among the plates is one of Philidor playing chess. Not listed in Westwood &Satchell, but see p.198.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sporting Anecdotes - Original and Select; Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons Who Have Appeared on the Turf
• Publisher: London, London
• Publication Date: 1804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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