A sporting tour through various parts of France in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting and other field-amusements, as practised in that country : with general observations on the arts, sciences, agriculture, husbandry and commerce : strictures on the customs and manners of the French people, with a view of the comparative advantages of sporting in France and England : in a series of letters to the Right Hon. the Earl of Darlington : to which is prefixed, an account of French wolf-hunting / by Colonel Thornton, of Thornville-Royal, Yorkshire ; illustrated with upwards of eighty correct and picturesque delineations from original drawings from nature, by Mr Bryant, and other eminent artists ; in two volumes.
Alternate Title(s):
Sporting tour through France &c.
Published / Created:
London : Albion-Press Printed by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, and C. Chapple, Pall-Mall, 1806.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., music ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added engraved title page: A sporting tour through France &c. by Colonel Thornton in a series of letters to the Rt Hon. the Earl of Darlington.
Subject Terms:
Sports -- France. | Fox hunting -- France. | Horse racing -- France. | France -- Social life and customs. | France -- Description and travel. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher. | Chapple, C. -- Publisher. | Cundee, James -- Printer. | Smith, Harry Worcester -- Bookplate. | Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1806. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1806. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1806. | Wood engraving -- Specimens -- 1806.