first edition Half Morocco
1824 · London
by Alken, Henry
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1824. First edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. Oblong, 26 by 37 cm. 49 hand-colored plates, more equine than anything else, but also plenty of shooting, dogs, fishing, deer, cows, birds, etc. Schwerdt I, p. 25. Bookplates of the Duke of Gloucester and Frederic de Portales on FEP. Color very bright and vivid in this copy. This also is the larger format, less common, version of this work. Minimal marginal soiling. Binding has moderate wear, rubbing.
(Inventory #: 006113)