Sporting anecdotes; original and select: including characteristic sketches of eminent persons who have appeared on the turf. With an interesting selection of the most extraordinary events ... By an amateur sportsman.
Pierce Egan (1772 - 1849)
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3232457
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,[10],542,[2]p., [16] plates : ill. ; 8vo. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: [in pencil at front] Q5 P5 ; [in ink at rear] Q4. Provenance: armorial bookplate, lettered "William Lukin" [i.e. Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (1768-1833)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half green morocco, with marbled paper on boards; five false bands; gilt tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Pierce Egan (1772 - 1849)