British field sports; : embracing practical instructions in shooting - hunting - coursing - racing - cocking - fishing, &c. with observations on the breaking and training of dogs and horses; also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements. / By William Henry Scott.
John Lawrence (1753-1839)
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085786
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi, [1], 615, [1] p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "34 finely engraved plates - Large Paper Copy". Provenance: Pencil note on front free endpaper: "Fairhaven / 1930" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full burgundy morocco; single gilt fillets to form a panel design; gilt stamped cornerpieces: horse's head, dog's head, fish, hare; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled):'British field sports' and 'Scott'; gilt tools in remaining spine compartments: fish, hare, dog's head, horse's head; gilt rolled board edges; gilt fillets on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers; two red ribbon markers. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng.'.
Makers and roles
John Lawrence (1753-1839), author