Thoughts on hunting, in a series of familiar letters to a friend. By William Beckford, Esq. Illustrated by plates from original paintings, engraved by Mr. John Scott. 3217265

Thoughts on hunting, in a series of familiar letters to a friend. By William Beckford, Esq. Illustrated by plates from original paintings, engraved by Mr. John Scott.

Peter Beckford (1740 - 1811)

Date

1810

Materials

Place of origin

London

Collection

Polesden Lacey, Surrey

NT 3217265

Summary

Bibliographic description

vi, 314 p., plates:. ill.;. 8vo. Occasional pencil marginal annotations. Ink on leaf edges and upper board. Bookseller's notes and price of £2.10.0. Binder's pencil notes giving positions of plates. Provenance: inscribed on endpaper and crossed through: S. Commeline 1816; inscribed on endpaper and titlepage: Chas Jas. Cooke Sculptor 1839. Binding: early nineteenth-century diced calf, sewn onto recessed bands; double gold fillets on boards; gold-tooled on spine; marbled endpapers; spine title gold-lettered direct onto spine: Beckford on hunting.

Makers and roles

Peter Beckford (1740 - 1811), author William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844), author John Scott (Newcastle 1774 - Chelsea 1827), illustrator

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