[FOTHERINGHAM J. F. F. (fl. 1851)]
[Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India. London: C. Moody, 1851.]
First edition, one of the few books dealing with the 'chase of the wild boar in the east' as the author calls it, or what is commonly known as hoghunting or pigsticking (Schwerdt). The work is dedicated to General Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian, general in the Madras Infantry. Bobins I, 245; Schwerdt I, p.182.
Oblong quarto (343 x 509mm). 7 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand, by and after Fotheringham, printed dedication, address and six leaves of text (lacks lithographic title, light scattered spotting and marginal soiling). Original red publisher’s cloth, upper board titled in gilt, gilt edges (re-backed, covers lightly soiled and extremities rubbed).
[FOTHERINGHAM J. F. F. (fl. 1851)]
[Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India. London: C. Moody, 1851.]
First edition, one of the few books dealing with the 'chase of the wild boar in the east' as the author calls it, or what is commonly known as hoghunting or pigsticking (Schwerdt). The work is dedicated to General Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian, general in the Madras Infantry. Bobins I, 245; Schwerdt I, p.182.
Oblong quarto (343 x 509mm). 7 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand, by and after Fotheringham, printed dedication, address and six leaves of text (lacks lithographic title, light scattered spotting and marginal soiling). Original red publisher’s cloth, upper board titled in gilt, gilt edges (re-backed, covers lightly soiled and extremities rubbed).
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