British field sports : embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing, &c. : with observations on the breaking and training of dogs and horses; also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements / by William Henry Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, John, 1753-1839.

Contributor:

Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Great Britain.

Sports.

Great Britain.

Hunting--Great Britain.

Hunting.

Hunting dogs.

Game laws--Great Britain.

Game laws.

Genre:

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 19th century.

Fine bindings.

Fore-edge paintings -- England -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Rogers, Fairman, 1833-1900 (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy 1)

Harland, Robert, Sir, 1767-1848 (bookplate, Orwell Park, Ipswich, Suffolk, England) (Fairman Rogers copy 2)

Orwell Park (Ipswich, Suffolk, England) (bookplate) (Fairman Rogers copy 2)

Armstrong, F. Wallis, Jr., Mrs. (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy 2)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 615 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820.

Notes:

Added illustrated t.p.

Includes index.

Advertisements on last page.

Local Notes:

Fairman Rogers copy 2 has ms. notes on front free endpaper.

Fairman Rogers copy 2 bound in full green morocco with gold-tooled triple-fillet and blind stamped on panels, with gold-tooled floral design; five raised bands on spine, and five panels with floral designs in gold; gold-tooled turn-ins; edges gilt, with fore-edge painting.

Cited in:

Fox, C.G. The Fairman Rogers Coll. on the horse and equitation, 706

OCLC:

7965232