Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862-1939, Hunting, hawking, shooting , 1928-1937
- Title(s):
- Hunting, hawking, shooting : illustrated in a catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings, collected by C.F.G.R. Schwerdt ...
- Published/Created:
- London : Privately printed for the author by Waterlow & Sons Limited, 1928-1937.
- Physical Description:
- 4 v. : ill., ports., plans, facsims. ; 34 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ7514.H9 S39 1928+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ7514.H9 S39 1928+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ7514.H9 S39 1928+ Copy 3 Rare Books work roomYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3159163
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN: Bound in three-quarter green morocco, by Kelly & sons, London.
SML,Y Xu49 +928S: This copy is no. 146.
Volumes 1-3 were published in 1928, and volume 4 in 1937.
"Three hundred copies only of this book have been printed and all plates have been destroyed. [Signed] C. F. G. R. Schwerdt."
Some of the frontispieces, plates, portraits and facsimiles are colored, some folded and some mounted.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is no. 253 of 300, signed by Schwerdt. Bound in original dark green half leather and green cloth, by Kelly & Sons, London.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is no. 2 of 300, signed by Schwerdt. Bound in full red morocco, by Kelly & Sons, London. Note from P.D. Krolik, 11 May 1970, in front of Volume I: "Vols 1, 2 & 3, the property of H.M. Edward VIII at Fort Belvedere, were sold prior to the abdication to Mr. J.G. Wilson, Managing Director of J & E Bumpers. Volume 4 was published subsequently (1937, I think) and went directly to Bumpers. Mr. Wilson sold me all four volumes before the war."
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 is no. 255 of 300, signed by Schwerdt. Bound in original dark green half leather and green cloth, by Kelly & Sons, London. - Subject Terms:
- Chon. -- 1928-1937.Falconry -- Bibliography.Hunting -- Bibliography.Kelly & Sons -- Bookbinder.Krolik, P. D. -- Provenance. (BACRB Copy 2)Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862-1939 -- Autograph.Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862-1939 -- Library -- Catalogs.Shooting -- Bibliography.Sporting prints.Waterlow & Sons, limited -- Printer.Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Provenance. (BACRB Copy 2)
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- Vol. 1. Printed books A-L
- Vol. 2. Printed books M-Z. Western manuscripts
- Vol. 3. Engravings. Drawings. Oriental books, manuscripts and paintings. List of reference books.
- Vol. 4. Printed books. Proclamations & statutes. Western mss. Oriental mss. & prints. Autographs. Pictures. Engravings, etc. Drawings. Music, etc. List of reference books.
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