Hand-colored plates of African big game
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Heading: (Foreign Field Sports)
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Title: Five hand-colored aquatint plates of large game animals from Foreign Field Sports (The Big Five), with accompanying descriptive letterpress
Place Published: London
Publisher:Edward Orme
Date Published: [1814]
Description:
Author:
Title: Five hand-colored aquatint plates of large game animals from Foreign Field Sports (The Big Five), with accompanying descriptive letterpress
Place Published: London
Publisher:Edward Orme
Date Published: [1814]
Description:
Includes:
Hunted Elephant.
Lions Waiting for Their Prey.
Shooting a Leopard.
Shooting an African Buffalo.
African Rhinoceros Hunting.
Images approx. 17x22 cm (6½x8¾") on sheets 23x32.5 cm (9x12¾"). Accompanied by the title-page and index to the book, plus. 7 additional leaves of text describing the five plates.
Bright and striking, if a bit primitive, depictions of sport in Africa.
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Some edge wear, very good.
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Hand-colored plates of African big game
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