Creator:

Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822

Title:
Orme's collection of British field sports : illustrated in twenty beautifully coloured engravings from designs by S. Howitt.
Alternate Title(s):
Collection of British field sports
Published / Created:

Guildford [England] : C.W. Traylen, [1955]

Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 20 leaves of plates : facsims. ; 45 x 55 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2011 31 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2011 31 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:

"[An] exact facsimile of the first and only edition of one of the rarest of all sporting books."--Title page verso.

With facsimiles of aquatints by J. Godby, H. Merke, W.M. Craig, J. Clark, and Vivares; after Samuel Howitt. Colored vignette on List of plates aquatinted by J. Swain; after Samuel Howitt.

Originally published, London, Orme, 1807.

Cover title.

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is number 4 of 20 Deluxe Edition copies. Bound in gilt-tooled red morocco. Includes one of the original plates (no. 4), laid in at end.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is unbound. In lieu of the printed wrappers of the facsimile edition, the present copy includes the publisher's prospectus for this edition ([4] p.), which includes a reproduction of the cover title.

Subject Terms:
Sporting prints. | Sports -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Sports in art. | Hunting in art.
Form/Genre:
Facsimiles (Publishing) -- Great Britain -- 20th century. | Prospectuses.
Contributors:
Clark, J., 1789–1830 | Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829 | Godby, J. active 1798–1812 | Merke, Henri | Swaine, John, 1775–1860 | Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735–approximately 1810 | Orme, Edward, 1775–1848