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
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Game reserves. | Game protection. | Hunting. | Penwortham (England) | Rawstorne, Lawrence, 1774–1850 -- Presentation inscription to Mary Barnston. | Barnston, Mary -- Presentation inscription from Lawrence Rawstorne.