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Subject Terms Engraving -- Specimens -- 1808.

1. Oriental field sports : being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the wild sports of the East : and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other domesticated animals : as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes, taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upwards of twenty years in Bengal / the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.

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Creator:: Williamson, Thomas, Captain
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts