DEELEY, J.C.

Sports and Races

London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, 1835. Item #05906

English Races and Hunts in Twelve Original Parts
Seventy-Two Images on Twenty-Four Hand Colored Lithograph Plates

DEELEY, J. C. Sports and Races. Englische Wettrennen und Jagdstücke. London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, [ca,. 1835].

English Races and Hunts in twelve original parts.

Folio. (18 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches: 470 x 292 mm.). Plate size: 15 x 11 inches: 381 x 280 mm). Twelve original parts (part I wrapper smaller but plate size the same). Twenty-four hand-colored lithograph plates containing 72 images all heightened with gum arabic. The plates lithographed by W. & J. O. Clerk after J.C. Deeley depict deer, dogs, ducks, foxes, grouse, hares, horses, pheasants, pigeons and a stag

Publisher's tan wrappers printed in green, some light marginal creasing. Sewn as issued and housed in a quarter tan over gray boards clamshell case, front cover lettered in black, smooth spine ruled in black. A wonderful example of this great rarity.

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Price: $3,500.00