[LASCELLES, ROBERT]
Letters on Sporting. Part 1 [Angling] & 2 [Shooting]: [Angling: Being the First Part of a Series of Familiar Letters on Sporting; Shooting: Being the Second Part of a Series of Familiar Letters on Sporting]
London: J Cornes, [1813]. First Edition. Half-leather cover with marbled boards. 240mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). pp1-121; pp122- 235. 2 wood cut engravings as frontis to part 1[ A Hare - Chalon/Cook] & 2 [A Fisherman - Hilton/Cook]. Bookplate on ep. Inscribed by Arthur Hepburn 1862; B W Powlett 1928.. G : in Good condition. Cracked joints. Slightly rubbed and scuffed leather. Beautifully tooled spine with five sporting motifs in gilt with title plaque. No title pages Some foxing throughout. Small tear on page 235. Both plates have impinged onto opposite pages .
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Keywords: Shooting Hunting Fishing