Sports and Races
- London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, 1835
London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, 1835. English Races and Hunts in Twelve Original Parts
Seventy-Two Images on Twenty-Four Hand Colored Lithograph Plates
DEELEY, J. C. Sports and Races. Englische Wettrennen und Jagdstücke. London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, [ca,. 1835].
English Races and Hunts in twelve original parts.
Folio. (18 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches: 470 x 292 mm.). Plate size: 15 x 11 inches: 381 x 280 mm). Twelve original parts (part I wrapper smaller but plate size the same). Twenty-four hand-colored lithograph plates containing 72 images all heightened with gum arabic. The plates lithographed by W. & J. O. Clerk after J.C. Deeley depict deer, dogs, ducks, foxes, grouse, hares, horses, pheasants, pigeons and a stag
Publisher's tan wrappers printed in green, some light marginal creasing. Sewn as issued and housed in a quarter tan over gray boards clamshell case, front cover lettered in black, smooth spine ruled in black. A wonderful example of this great rarity.
OCLC/KVK locate no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide.
We have been unable to locate any other examples at auction.
Bobins IV, 1396.
Seventy-Two Images on Twenty-Four Hand Colored Lithograph Plates
DEELEY, J. C. Sports and Races. Englische Wettrennen und Jagdstücke. London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, [ca,. 1835].
English Races and Hunts in twelve original parts.
Folio. (18 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches: 470 x 292 mm.). Plate size: 15 x 11 inches: 381 x 280 mm). Twelve original parts (part I wrapper smaller but plate size the same). Twenty-four hand-colored lithograph plates containing 72 images all heightened with gum arabic. The plates lithographed by W. & J. O. Clerk after J.C. Deeley depict deer, dogs, ducks, foxes, grouse, hares, horses, pheasants, pigeons and a stag
Publisher's tan wrappers printed in green, some light marginal creasing. Sewn as issued and housed in a quarter tan over gray boards clamshell case, front cover lettered in black, smooth spine ruled in black. A wonderful example of this great rarity.
OCLC/KVK locate no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide.
We have been unable to locate any other examples at auction.
Bobins IV, 1396.
Details
Title
Sports and Races
Author
DEELEY, J.C.
Condition
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Publisher
London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, 1835