Author: HOWITT, SAMUEL. (after).
Title: Orme's collection of British field sports. Illustrated in twenty beautifully coloured engraings from designs by S.Howitt. An exact facsimile of the first and only edition of one of the rarest of all sporting books.
Description: London, Orme, 1807. [Reprint Guilford, C.W.Traylen, (c.1980's)]. [2] pp. (= title-page & list of plates) 20 col. facsimile plts [44 x 55 cm.], engraved by various artists, after drawings by Samuel Howitt. Stiff softcover. Oblong folio.Nice collection of facsimile plates of English hunting scenes (19 x) and one plate depicting a horse race.

Keywords: Graphic 19th century Hunting Europe United-Kingdom Horses Europe United Kingdom Sports Grafiek 19e eeuw Jacht Europa Groot-Britannië Paarden Europa Groot-Brittannië Sport