ALKEN, Henry. [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps.] London: R. Ackermann, [c. 1861]. Oblong 4°, (218 x 273mm). 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Some spotting.) Near contemporary red morocco gilt, edges gilt, morocco label retained from earlier binding (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (bookplate; his sale, Christie's London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 620).
THE GLOUCESTER COPY, FINELY COLOURED, OF THIS RARE SERIES published posthumously. Other than fragments, ABPC records only the Gloucester sets at auction in over 35 years. This set comprises: Hunting Scraps, 4 plates (dated in the engraving '1861'); Coaching Scraps, 4 plates ('1854'); Steeplechase Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Shooting Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Coursing Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Racing Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Yachting Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Indian Sporting Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Stag-hunting, Deer-stalking, Shooting, Fishing (each one plate and all '1850'). Siltzer p.67; Lane p.80, 82.
ALKEN, Henry. [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps.] London: R. Ackermann, [c. 1861]. Oblong 4°, (218 x 273mm). 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Some spotting.) Near contemporary red morocco gilt, edges gilt, morocco label retained from earlier binding (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (bookplate; his sale, Christie's London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 620).
THE GLOUCESTER COPY, FINELY COLOURED, OF THIS RARE SERIES published posthumously. Other than fragments, ABPC records only the Gloucester sets at auction in over 35 years. This set comprises: Hunting Scraps, 4 plates (dated in the engraving '1861'); Coaching Scraps, 4 plates ('1854'); Steeplechase Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Shooting Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Coursing Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Racing Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Yachting Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Indian Sporting Scraps, 4 plates ('1850'); Stag-hunting, Deer-stalking, Shooting, Fishing (each one plate and all '1850'). Siltzer p.67; Lane p.80, 82.
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