28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 46
 

46

Blome (Richard). The Gentleman's Recreations: in Three Parts. The First Part contains a Short...

Blome (Richard). The Gentleman's Recreations: in Three Parts. The First Part contains a Short and Easie Introduction to all the Liberal Arts and Sciences, etc. The Second treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, Agriculture, etc. ... The Third is a Compleat Body of all our Forest, Chace, and Game-Laws, as they are at this Time ... The Second Edition Corrected, with near One Half of Additions, London: for R. Bonwicke [and others], 1710. 3 parts in 1 volume, folio (390 x 245 mm), 19th-century red half morocco, engraved additional title-page, 73 engraved plates after Francis Barlow and others, of which 2 folding and 3 printed on both sides (requisite number unknown), bookplate of Christopher Turnor (1873-1940), incomplete (with text ending abruptly at part 3 p. 66, signature R1), part 1 signature 3Y1 with repaired closed tear, hole in part 3 signature A2 to loss of text, part 1 signatures H1-2 and plate facing p. 29 extended in fore margins, a few other plates with repaired closed tears to lower margins, 3 plates with repaired holes in images (facing part 1 p. 285 and part 2 pp. 90 and 151) (qty: 1) ESTC T135908. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. The first edition was published in 1686. The majority of the plates (45 in total) are found in the second part and consequently relate to horsemanship, hawking, hunting, etc.

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

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