ROBERTS (JAMES & HENRY) The Sportsman's Companion: or Portraitures, Pedigrees and Performances, of the Most Eminent Race Horses & Stallions, Represented in Variety of Attitudes. Interspersed with Tail-Pieces & Embellishments Alluding to the Sport. Calculated for the Utility and Entertainment of the Nobility, Gentry, Breeders, &c., letterpress title, 40 engraved plates by James and Henry Roberts (2 with neat tear), engraved index leaf, light spotting, offsetting and toning throughout, without publisher's catalogue at end, later half calf gilt, rubbed [Huth, p.38; cf. Podeschi 54], 8vo, J. Barker, Russell-Street, Covent-Garden, [c.1800] Footnotes: Provenance: Julia Parker Wightman (1909-1994), bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing