Sporting anecdotes, original and selected : including numerous characteristic portraits of persons in every walk of life, who have acquired notoriety from their achievements on the turf, at the table, and in the diversions of the field : with sketches of various animals of the chase : to which is added, an account of noted pedestrians, trotting-matches, cricketers, &c. : the whole forming a complete delineation of the sporting world / by Pierce Egan.
Edition:
A new edition, considerably enlarged and improved.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., Paternoster-Row, 1825.[London] : Marchant, Printer, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street
Physical Description:
iv, [4], 592 pages, [6] leaves of plates, [1] folded : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Percy Roberts and George Cruikshank; after Robert Cruikshank and George Sharple.