THOMAS WILLIAMSON AND SAMUEL HOWITT (1765?-1822)
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THOMAS WILLIAMSON AND SAMUEL HOWITT (1765?-1822)

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THOMAS WILLIAMSON AND SAMUEL HOWITT (1765?-1822)
Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East. London: for Edward Orme, 1807. 2 volumes in one, 4° (324 x 235mm). 40 hand-coloured engraved plates after Williamson and Howitt. (Neat paper repair to title, light spotting throughout text with occasional light offsetting.) Modern crushed green morocco, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed).

'The most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' in Schwerdt's view. An oblong folio edition and an octavo edition were also published in the same year. Schwerdt IV, p.100.