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Book Condition: Used Joints and extremities rubbed, in the original attractive.
Seller: Hordern House Rare Books

Australia
About Item: London: Edward Orme, 1814. Joints and extremities rubbed, in the original attractive.. Quarto, 160 pages letterpress without pagination, 100 handcoloured aquatints, with the 1813 New South Wales supplement bound at rear (this comprising separate title-page, dedication leaf, 10 handcoloured aquatints and 14 letterpress pages); the early issue with watermarks dated 1811 in a handsome contemporary binding of half green russia, spine in compartments with gilt lettering and ornament. One of the outstanding aquatint books of the early nineteenth century, including the remarkable supplementary suite of ten plates depicting life and customs of First Nations people. This is an early issue (with watermarks dated 1811) of the first edition of Foreign Field Sports, a collection of 100 hunting scenes from cultures across the globe, including Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. This complete edition includes the 'Field Sports, &c. &c. Of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales' separately… Read More
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