137 BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES. A complete set, forming 30 vols., cr. 8vo., with hundreds of illustrations; cloth

ARCHERY.

ATHLETICS AND FOOTBALL.

CONTENTS

HUNTING.

MOTORS AND MOTOR DRIVING.

Above vols. can be supplied separately; in cloth at 6s, or half bound, 98, excepting "Motors," which is 9s and 12s.

138 BARLOW (F.). ENGRAVED WORKS

MULTE et DIVERSE AVIUM SPECIES varijs Formis et per-
naturalibus Figuris per FRA: BARLOW Anglum. Curâ ac
Sumptibus P. TEMPEST delineata incisæ ac typis editæ.
1694. Engraved title, dedication to the Earl of Lauderdale,
and 13 double plates engraved by E. Cooper
1694
DIVERSE AVIUM SPECIES. Studiosissime ad Vitam de
lineata, per FRA. BARLOW . . . Cura ac Sumptibus P.
TEMPEST... MDCLXLVI. Engraved title and 28 plates
engraved by Tempest, Cooper, and I. Simon
1696
DIVERSE AVIUM SPECIES studiosissime ad Vitam delineatæ
per FRA BARLOW... Engraved title
Engraved title by Cooper and
13 plates by W. Hollar
n. d.
VARLE QUADRUPEDUM SPECIES, accuratissime delineatæ
per FRANCISCUM BARLOW. Engraved title by E. Cooper
and 15 plates engraved by Hollar, Gaywood, Tempest, and
Cooper

n. d.

SEUERALL WAYES of HUNTING, HAWKING, and FISHING,
according to the English Manner invented by FRANCIS
BARLOW. Etched by W. HOLLAR, and are to be sould, by
Iohn Overton, at the White Horse, without Newgate,
London .. Engraved title and 12 plates

n. d.

the above rare pieces in 1 vol., sm. folio, BRILLIANT ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, Some BEFORE THE INSCRIPTIONS; green morocco, gilt edges

v. d. 52 10 0

An exceedingly rare collection, all in early states. The complete series of Hollar's Sports is particularly uncommon.

139 BECKFORD (Peter). THOUGHTS ON HUNTING in a series of familiar Letters to a Friend. Sm. 4to., FIRST EDITION, with frontispiece by Bartolozzi and 2 plates; old calf

140

Sarum, 1781

the same. THIRD EDITION, sm. 4to., with frontispiece and 2 plates;

660

a fine copy in boards, UNCUT

141

142

1810
the same.
Another edition. Svo., with front, and numerous wood-
cuts by Bewick; panelled calf, yellow edges, or morocco, gilt edges (1820)

ib., 1784 the same. 8vo., with plates after paintings by John Scott; a fing copy in calf extra, gilt top; UNCUT

5 15 0

4 4

2 2 0

1902

143 BLAGG (C. J.). History of the North Staffordshire Hounds and
Country, 1825-1902. Roy. 8vo., with frontispiece, folding coloured map,
and 32 plates, including Portraits, Hunting Scenes, and Country Houses;
cloth; gilt top
144 BLAINE (Delabere P.). Encyclopædia of Rural Sports; or, Complete
Account... of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, etc., etc. New
edition, revised and corrected. Thick 8vo., pp. 1246, with numerous
illustrations; half bound

1858

Essays on Sporting, consisting of
to which is added, The Chace: a
New edition, 8vo., with front. and

145 BLANE (W.). CYNEGETICA; or, Observations on Hare Hunting. Poem by WILLIAM SOMERVILLE. engraved title; original bds., UNCUT

1788

146 BLOME. The GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION. In Two Parts. The First being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences... The Second Part treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture, with a short treatise of Cock-Fighting . . . Printed by S. Roycroft, for Richard Blome . . . 1686.

147 148

Folio, FIRST EDITION, with 87 plates, of which 41 relate to the Sports part of the Work; A PERFECT COPY in old calf; VERY RARE

the same. Folio, panelled calf, gilt edges

£ 8. d.

100

0 7 6

215 0

1686

17 17 0

the same. Large folio, LARGE PAPER, COLOURED, having some of the plates supplied from a small paper copy and inlaid to size; OLD RED MOROCCO, gilt edges, EXCESSIVELY RARE

1686 30 00

Only large paper copies have the plates coloured. Nearly all copies lack the tenth plate of Arms and the plate of Horsemanship inscribed to Sir John Skeffington. Each of the above has these two scarce engravings.

149 BOOK OF ST. ALBANS. The Gentlemans Academie. | OR, | The Booke of S. Albans Containing three most exact and excellent Bookes: | the first of Hawking, the fecond of all the proper termes of Hunting, and the laft of Armorie: all compiled by Iuliana Barnes, in the yere from the incarnation of Chrift 1486. | And now reduced into a better method, by G. M. | LONDON | Printed for Humfrey Lownes, and are to be fold at his fhop in Paules church-yard. | 1595

150

Sm. 4to., with numerous woodcut coats-of-arms; red morocco extra, gilt edges

1595 21 00

RARE. The editor was the celebrated Gervase Markham. In his address "To the
Gentlemen of England and all the good fellowship of Huntsmen and Falconers," he
says he has caused it to be reprinted because of its intrinsic value, and the fact that the
few copies still in existence belonged to people who, knowing their rarity and worth, kept
them strictly to themselves.

The Book containing the Treatises of Hawking; Hunting; Coat-
Armour; Fishing; and Blasing of Arms. As printed at Westminster
by Wynken de Worde; in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord
MCCCCLXXXXVI. 4to., black letter, facsimile reprint, with biographical and
bibliographical notices by JAMES HASLEWOOD; half russia
Only 150 copies were printed.

1810

151 [BRINDLEY (Charles)]. Stable Talk and Table Talk, or Spectacles for Young Sportsmen. By HARRY HIEOVER. 2 vols., 8vo., with portrait: calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut, by Rivière 1845-6

152 BRYDEN. THE GREAT AND SMALL GAME OF AFRICA. A Fall Account of their Distribution, Habits, and Natural History, with Experiences of their Pursuit in the Field. Written by a Number of Sportsmen, under the Editorship of H. A. BRYDEN. 4to., with numerous illustrations in the text, and 15 coloured plates; cloth

:

1899

153 BUXTON (Edward North). Short Stalks or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West. Second Series. Comprising Trips in Somaliland, Sinai, the Eastern Desert of Egypt, Crete, the Carpathian Mountains and Daghestan. 8vo., with 2 folding maps in pockets, and numerous full-page photographic illustrations; cloth (pub. £1. 18) 1898

1 16 0

210 0

316 0

017 6

(1868?)

154 BROWNE (Hablot K.). Racing and Chasing. The Road, the River,
and the Hunt. Illustrated in 50 drawings by "PHIZ." Oblong folio,
50 coloured plates: hf. bd.
155 CALVO PINTO Y VELARDE (Augustin). Silva Venatoria. Modo de
Cazar todo genero de Aves, y Animales, su naturaleza, virtudes, y
noticias de los temporales. 12mo., a fine copy in limp vellum

156 CHAPMAN (Abel). 39 plates; cloth

137

Madrid, 1754

First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. 8vo., with

and Walter J. BUCK. WILD SPAIN: Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History and Exploration. Roy. 8vo., LARGE PAPER, with 174 illustrations; cloth; SCARCE

1893

2 10 0

158 CHARLES I. The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, concerning lawfull Sports to bee vsed. Sm. 4to., unbound, 15s; or, bds.

159

Robert Barker, 1633
1860

1 0 05

a reprint of the same. Sm. 4to., rorburghe 160 COLLINS (George E.). History of the Brocklesby Hounds, 1700-1901. Roy. 8vo., with 11 photogravure plates, numerous photographic illustra tions, and a large folding coloured map in pocket at end; cloth 1902 161 COLLYNS (C. P.). Notes on the Chase of the WILD RED DEER in the Counties of Devon and Somerset. 8vo., with тар and numerous illustrations; calf gilt, £2. 78 6d; or, calf extra by Rivière; SCARCE 1862 162 [COX (Nicholas)]. The Gentleman's Recreation: In Four Parts, viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing. 8vo., with engraved title and 3 folding plates; wanting the plate of "Horn Blowing"; old calf 1677 Fourth edition. 8vo., with engraved title, 3 folding plates, and plates of directions for "Horn Blowing"; calf 1697

163

164

the same. Fifth edition. 8vo., with front., 3 plates, and a large folding plate "the Antient Hunting Notes"; caly gill 1706 165 CREALOCK (Lt.-Gen. H. H.). Deer-stalking in the Highlands of Scotland. Edited by Maj.-Gen. J. N. Crealock. Folio, with 40 fullpage plates and numerous illustrations in the text reproduced from drawings by the author; cloth; SCARCE

00

115 O

2 12 6

140

200

1 12 0

1892 18 18 0

166 DALE (T. F.). Fox-Hunting in the Shires. 8vo., with illustrations; cloth

1903

167 DANIEL (W. R.). RURAL SPORTS. 2 vols., 1801-2-Supplement, 1813;together 3 vols., 4to., LARGE PAPER, with 68 plates; newly bound in half green morocco, gilt edges

168

1801-13

RURAL SPORTS. 3 vols., 8vo., with 58 plates; a sound copy in gilt russia, gilt edges

(1801) 169 the same. 3 vols., 8vo., with 70 plates; old russia, gilt edges 1812 The excellent engravings in this work are principally by John Scott. 170 DEMIDOFF. After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia. By E. Demidoff, Prince San Donato. 8vo., with map, coloured frontispiece, and 82 illustrations; cloth

1900

11 DEWAR (G. A. B.). Wild Life in Hampshire. 8vo., with 7 plates; cloth

076

4 10 0

400 3 15 0

060

172 DIALOGOS DE LA MONTERIA. Manuscrito Inedito de la Real Academia
de la Historia, publicalo la Sociedad de Bibliofilos Españoles. Svo.,
pp. xii and 499; sd.
Madrid, 1890
173 DIXON (W. S.). In the North Countree: Annals and Anecdotes of
Horse, Hound and Herd. 8vo., with plates; cloth
Dogs:

1900

174 ARKWRIGHT (William). THE POINTER and his Predecessors. An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times. Roy. 4to., with 39 fine illustrations on JAPANESE VELLUM; cloth extra, gilt top, uncut

100

070

175 BRYDEN (H. A.). Hare-Hunting and Harriers, with notices of Beagles and Basset Hounds. 8vo., with illustrations: cloth

Dogs, continued:-
176 ARRIAN on Coursing. The Cynegeticus of the younger Xenophon,
with annotations and an appendix on the Canes Venatici of classical
antiquity (and a "Bibliotheca Cynegetica") by a Graduate of Medicine.
Roy. 8vo., with front. and vignettes on India paper; calf

extra

£ 8. d.

1831 1 0 0

Sm.

0.16 0

1894

100

177 BELL (E. Weston). The Scottish Deerhound. With Notes on its Origin and Characteristics. Roy. 8vo., with 16 plates; cloth Edinburgh, 1892 0 12 6 178 CAIUS. Ioannis Caii Britanni de Canibvs Britannicis, liber vnus; De rariorvm Animalivm et Stirpivm historia, liber vnvs; De Libris propriis, liber vnvs. . . ed. Jebb. 8vo., LARGE AND THICK PAPER; calf 1729 179 CUPPLES (G.). SCOTCH DEER-HOUNDS and their Masters. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author by J. Hutchison Stirling, LL.D. 4to., with portrait and 5 plates; cloth Only 150 copies were printed, and the book is now entirely out of print. 180 DALZIEL (H.). The Greyhound. 8vo., with coloured plate; cloth 1887 181 DOGGIANA: by Cynophilus. Oblong sm. folio, title and 7 lithographs; Colnaghi, 1827 182 EARL (Maud). BRITISH HOUNDS AND GUN-DOGS. 24 PHOTOGRAVURES of the finest quality after original paintings by MAUD EARL. Impl. folio, PROOF EDITION; in a cloth portfolio 183 GREYHOUNDS. A Treatise on Greyhounds, with Observations on the Treatment and Disorder of them. By a Sportsman. Cr. 8vo., with front.; bds. uncut

sd.

026

076

1902 990

1819 0 36

1876

046

1866 0 18 0

184 HUTCHINSON (General W. N.). Dog Breaking. Sixth edition. Post
8vo., with numerous illustrations; cloth
185 JESSE (G. R.). Researches into the History of the British Dog, with
anecdotes and illustrations of the nature and attributes. 2 vols., 8vo.,
with 33 engravings designed and etched by the author; cloth (pub. at
£3. 3s)
186 LAVERACK (E.). THE SETTER: with Notices of the most eminent
Breeds now Extant; Instructions how to Breed, etc. Sm. 4to., with
2 coloured plates; cloth
1872
187 POPE (A.). CELEBRATED DOGS OF AMERICA, imported and native.
Oblong royal folio, a series of 20 beautiful reproductions (16 × 20 in.) of
water-colour PORTRAITS FROM LIFE, mounted on cardboard, of well-known
and representative Dogs of the various breeds, giving their pedigrees, prize-
winnings, etc., with letterpress descriptions; dark red morocco super-extra,
with leather protection flap, by Zaehnsdorf Boston, U.S. (? 1880)
188 SPORTSMAN'S CABINET (The); or, a Correct Delineation of the
various Dogs used in the Sports of the Field: including the Canine
Race in general. 2 vols., 4to., with 2 engraved title-pages and 26 plates;
hf. bd.

189

1803

the same. 2 vols., 4to., with 2 engraved title-pages and 26 plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF 100 ENGRAVINGS, many of which are on India paper; half green morocco, gilt edges 1803-4 190 STEEL (J. H.). A Treatise on the Diseases of the Dog; being a Manual of Canine Pathology. Especially adapted for the Use of Veterinary Practitioners and Students. New Edition. 8vo., with numerous illustrations; cloth

1894

191 DONS (LES) DES ENFANS DE LATONE: La Musique et la chasse du Cerf. 8vo., with plates and Music of Fanfares; half red morocco, uncut Paris, 1734 192 DOWNMAN. Six private plates from original sketches by J. T. Downman (late 83rd regiment). Roy. folio, 6 coloured plates; bds. Norwich (1860 ?) The Large Game, and Natural History of 8vo., with map, 13 plates, and 20 woodcuts; Edinburgh, 1875

193 DRUMMOND (Hon. W. H.). South and S. E. Africa.

cloth

1 16 0

990

018 0

210 0

050

0.10 0

140

0126

191 EGAN (Pierce). ANECDOTES (ORIGINAL AND SELECTED) OF THE TURF, THE CHASE, THE RING, AND THE STAGE; the whole forming a complete Panorama of the Sporting World; uniting with it a Book of Reference and Entertaining Companion to the Lovers of British Sports. 8vo., FIRST EDITION, with 13 coloured plates, designed and etched by Theodore Lane; calf extra, gilt top, by Rivière

£ s. d.

1827 14 0 0

195 ELLIOT (D. G.). A MONOGRAPH OF THE TETRAONINE, OR FAMILY OF THE GROUSE. Impl. folio, with 27 coloured plates; half green morocco, gilt top, uncut

196

197

1865 12 10 0

A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHASIANIDE OR FAMILY OF THE PHEASANTS. 2 vols., impl. folio, with 81 plates, of which 79 are coloured; half green morocco, gilt tops, uncut

1872 84 00

This is the rarest of all Elliot's ornithological works.
the same.
A Set of the 81 plates (79 coloured) in a

portfolio

No better series of sporting illustrations exists.

1872 42 00

It is a unique opportunity to appropriately decorate a shooting box
or country house at a moderate cost. If desired I would furnish an
estimate for framing the collection.

198 --
- A MONOGRAPH OF THE FELIDE, OR FAMILY
OF THE CATS. Impl. folio, with 42 coloured plates of Lions,
Tigers, Leopards, etc.; half green morocco extra, gilt top,

uncut

1883 18 00

199 ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF SPORT (The). Edited by the EARL OF SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE, HEDLEY PEEK, and F. G. AFLALO. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., with several hundred illustrations, half morocco, gilt tops 1897-8 2 vols., roy. 8vo., half red morocco, emblematically tooled,

200

the same. gilt tops

1 10 0

201 EPSOM. SOME PARTICULARS relating to the HISTORY of EPSOM con-
taining a succinct and interesting Description of the Origin of Horse
Racing, and of Epsom Races .. by an Inhabitant . . . 8vo., with
6 plates (1 coloured); bds., uncut, scarce
Epsom, 1825
202 EVERED (P.). Staghunting with the "Devon and Somerset," 1887-1901.
An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor. Sm. 4to.,
with frontispiece, and 73 plates, gilt top
1902
203 EVERITT (Nicholas). Broadland Sport. Svo., with numerous photo-
graphic illustrations; cloth, gilt top
the same. Edition de Luxe. 4to., half vellum

201

Edition limited to 100 copies.

205 FAIRFAX (Thomas). THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN; or, Country Gentleman's Recreation. 12mo., with frontispiece; original sheepskin binding

Falconry:

206 ARCUSSIA. LA FAUCONNERIE de CHARLES d'ARCVSSIA

(1776 ?)

100

Divisée

en neuf parties. Avec les portraits au naturel de tous les Oyseaux.
4to, with portrait and 20 plates; FINE COPY, blue morocco extra, gilt edges,
by Chambolle Duru
Paris, 1621

"Cette édition contient la Fauconnerie du Roy, 1617, 80 pages, et le Discours sur
la chasse, 1619, 91 pages et un feuillet blanc. Exemplaire avec le portrait et les
armoiries des l'auteur et auquel on a ajouté Lettres de Philoierax á Philofalco, 1626, qui
se trouvent à la fin de l'edition de 1627. Cette partie est réemmargée."
207 BURTON (Richard F.). Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. Post 8vo.,
with 4 plates; cloth