Sporting scenes and country characters. By Martingale [pseud.] With numerous illustrations on wood.

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Martingale, 1794-1861, Sporting scenes and country characters, 1840

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Creator:: Martingale, 1794–1861
Title(s):: Sporting scenes and country characters. By Martingale [pseud.] With numerous illustrations on wood.
Published/Created:: London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840.
Physical Description:: xii, 332 p. illus. 21 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 2433
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Sporting 2434
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/2909984
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC: British Art Center copy: Sporting 2433. Slick black boards; printed in gold on front and back covers and spine, blind stamped on front and back covers, floral design in gilt on front and back covers. Tan cloth slip-case; tan leather label with gold lettering on spine. The title page is reproduced. Half-title, title-page, 67 wood engravings in text, 1 wood engraving on title-page, (wood engraving ornamental headpieces are not counted), publisher's ads. Illustrations by C. Hancock, Dickes, H. Alken, Earle, T. Landseer, R.B. Davis, W. Kidd, Davis Cooper, and George Landseer. Spine height: 8 1/4 inches. Note: The blank leaf that precedes the publisher's advertisements at the back of volume is an integral leaf of the advertising section. The ads are dated December 1, 1840.
BAC: British Art Center copy: Sporting 2434. Red morocco; gold decorative tooling with heads of animals on front and back covers and spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding by Tout (stamp). Half-title, title-page, 67 wood engravings in text, 1 wood engraving on title-page, (wood engraving ornamental headpieces are not counted), publisher's ads. Illustrations by C. Hancock, Dickes, H. Alken, Earle, T. Landseer, R.B. Davis, W. Kidd, Davis Cooper, and George Landseer. Spine height: 8 1/4 inches.
Subject Terms:: Fishing -- Great Britain.
Hunting -- Great Britain.
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