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Title(s)
The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America / by Elisha J. Lewis, M.D. ... ; with numerous illustrations, designed by George G. White, engraved by Louderback & Hoffman
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Published/Created
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1857.
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Physical Description
xxxix, [1], 33-510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SK313 .L48 1857
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Third edition, much enlarged, of the author's "Hints to sportsmen", 1851.
First two leaves, with wood-engraved frontispiece and added title page, included in pagination, [i]-[iv].
Preface to the third edition: pages xi-xii.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gold-stamped red cloth. -
Subject Terms
Firearms. | Game and game-birds -- United States. | Hunting. | Shooting.
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