Symptoms of being amused.

Each part with printed cover title: Symptoms, by Henry Alken.
"Published in 7 numbers and on completion in 1 vol. boards for 4 guineas. Although vol. 1 appears on the title page, no other volume was completed; a second was commenced, but only reached 18 plates."--Tooley.
"Price twelve shillings."--Foot of title page.
Entirely engraved, except for "Symptoms of a preface," 1 unnumbered leaf.
Twenty of Alken's original drawings for the present work are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Prints and Drawings, B2001.2.417-427 and B2001.2.567-575).
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 57
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p.33-34
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 114
Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed), p. 71
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is bound in original 3/4 roan with pink boards. Copy 2 is in 7 parts, in original brown printed wrappers, with publisher's advertisements. Lacks the letterpress preface. Armorial bookplates: Humphrey de Trafford; Harry Twyford Peters. Copy 3 is a compilation of works by Henry Alken issued by his publisher T. McLean with the title British sportsman's vade mecum. Plates mounted (two to a page) in a folio volume. Bound in gilt-tooled brown calf. Has bound with it: Specimens of riding near London -- Illustrations to popular song -- Moments of fancy -- Involuntry thoughts -- Tutor's assistant.
Some of the plates have the captions added by an unidentified hand in black ink, below images. All plates unnumbered. 22701611610008651
Imperfect: lacking title page and preface, and 35 plates,. 22701611610008651
1 unnumbered leaf with publisher's advertisements for "Alken's Moments of Fancy" with An Address at top of sheet, bound in at the end, not included in the statement of extent: 22701611610008651
Satire on the follies and and foibles of the Regency period, with particular emphasis on sporting disasters, with multiple vignettes per plate, including sporting disasters and other foolishness, each vignette with text below completing the heading 'Symptoms' (e.g. 'of a fight but not in England', 'of an elegant writer', 'of who is there', 'of can't exactly say', 'of the ornamental', etc).