Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Smith, Thomas, 1790-1878
Title:
The life of a fox, written by himself / with illustrations by Thomas Smith.
Published / Created:
London : Whittaker and co., 1843
Physical Description:
3 p.l., [v]-ixp., 1 l., 150 p. : front., plates. ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 2021
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Dedication signed: Wily.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 172

BAC: British Art Center copy: Fine diaper-grain pale pink cloth; printed in black on front and back covers and spine, pictorial printing of a fox scene and decoration on front and back covers. The binder's label of Westleys & Clark, London, is pasted on the back pastedown endpaper. The cloth was printed by lithography and then embossed. Half-title, frontispiece, title-page, errata note, 5 plates of lithographs, 1 lithograph in text. Illustrations by Thomas Smith. Spine height: 7 7/8 inches.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.