HONE, William. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. London: J. Haddon for Thomas Tegg, 1841.
8o (211 x 128 mm). Illustrations throughout (some light browning). Contemporary vellum, covers with triple gilt fillet, upper cover with an image of a man and hound hunting painted on the vellum, the lower cover showing a cricket player, smooth spine in 5 compartments with a red-orange morocco gilt lettering-piece and a brown morocco gilt lettering-piece, ornamental gilt tooling in the other compartments, turn-ins gilt with leaf and ornamental tooling, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of A HUNTING SCENE (some light toning to covers); modern cloth slipcase.
HONE, William. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. London: J. Haddon for Thomas Tegg, 1841.
8o (211 x 128 mm). Illustrations throughout (some light browning). Contemporary vellum, covers with triple gilt fillet, upper cover with an image of a man and hound hunting painted on the vellum, the lower cover showing a cricket player, smooth spine in 5 compartments with a red-orange morocco gilt lettering-piece and a brown morocco gilt lettering-piece, ornamental gilt tooling in the other compartments, turn-ins gilt with leaf and ornamental tooling, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of A HUNTING SCENE (some light toning to covers); modern cloth slipcase.
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