Lot 171: HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates Guns and

HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates Guns and Shooting. London: Spottiswoode and Davison for Longman, Brown, Green [and others], 1859.

2 volumes, 8° (211 x 141mm). 9 steel-engraved plates by H. Adlard after J. Childe, C. Varley and Hawker, wood-engraved illustrations. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 101 plates by various artists, most engraved or etched, including 4 double-page and 4 folding, one of these hand-coloured. (Some spotting of plates, tear at fold of the first double-page plate.) Full contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: John Arthur, 1 s t Baronet Brooke, of Almondbury, Fenay Hall, Huddersfield (1844-1920, woollen manufacturer and important collector of manuscripts and incunables; bookplate).

An attractive copy of the eleventh edition with over 100 additional plates, often on India paper, a few in two states. Two plates date from the 17th century, by P. Tempest after F. Barlow, the others are late 18th early 19th century. From sources which include the Sporting Magazine, they show hunting scenes, dogs and game of all sorts, drawn by W. S. Howitt, Ph. Reinagle, S. Elmer, A. Cooper, W. Hunt, G. Stubs and other specialist sporting artists. Many are engraved by J. Scott who 'montra un talent particulier dans ses gravures de chiens et de chevaux' (Bénézit). Henry Alken is represented by a folding hand-coloured aquatint of 'Wild Fowl Shooting'. Souhart 241.

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