Rawstorne, Lawrence, 1774-1850, Gamonia, or, The art of preserving game , 1837
- Title(s):
- Gamonia, or, The art of preserving game : and an improved method of making plantations and covers, explained and illustrated / by Lawrence Rawstorne, Esq. ; with fifteen coloured drawings by J.T. [sic] Rawlins, taken on the spot.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published for the proprietor, by Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street, 1837.
London : Walter Spiers, printer, 399, Oxford Street - Physical Description:
- xiv, [3], 18-208 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSporting 1814Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsSporting 1815Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1271544
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- All plates are signed: "T.J. Rawlins del. & sc." Aquatint engravers vary: A.W. Reeve, J.H. Banks, H. Guest, and H. Papprill.
Prideaux, S.T. Aquatint engraving, page 348
Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, volume II, page 127
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, pages 205-206
Errata slip tipped in at end.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 392
BAC: British Art Center copy: Sporting 1814. First edition. Octavo. Original green morocco; gold tooling on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine, all edges gilt. In green quarter morocco, and green cloth slip-case; gold tooling on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine. Errata slip with manuscript corrections. Color plates after T.J. Rawlins. Presentation copy to C. Houghton from Rawstorne. Spine height: 10 1/8 inches.
BAC: British Art Center Sporting 1815 is the Abbey copy. With presentation inscription on half-title: Mary Barnston, from the author. Bound in contemporary green morocco. - Subject Terms:
- Barnston, Mary -- Presentation inscription from Lawrence Rawstorne.Game protection.Game reserves.Hunting.Penwortham (England)Rawstorne, Lawrence, 1774-1850 -- Presentation inscription to Mary Barnston.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored.
Authors' presentation inscriptions. - Export:
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- Plates: Penwortham, with the commencement of a Battue [frontispiece to part I]
- Penwortham, with the conclusion of a Battue [frontispiece to part II]
- Tulketh Hall and town of Preston
- The Vale of Ribble
- The Castle Hill
- The Lower Ridding
- Penwortham Church
- The Round Wood
- Blashaw Dam
- The Crow Wood
- The Hangsman's Bank
- West end of the four-acre
- Howick, from Blashaw Wood
- East end of the four-acre
- Penwortham.
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