Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850
Title:
The field book, or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom : compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern / by the author of "Wild sports of the West."
Alternate Title(s):
Field book
Published / Created:
London : Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1833.

London : Printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars
Physical Description:
viii, 616 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SK11 .M39 1833
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frontispiece engraved by H.A. Ogg; after James Pollard.

With wood-engraved illustrations, including title page vignette.

Text printed in two columns.

Printer's statement from title page verso.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 145

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary dark green half morocco and marbled boards. Armorial bookplate: Viscount Gort.
Subject Terms:
Sports -- Great Britain. | Sports -- Dictionaries. | Amusements -- Great Britain. | Gort, Viscount -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1833. | Steel engravings -- 1833. | Dictionaries. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Wilson, Effingham, 1783–1868, publisher. | Bradbury & Evans, printer. | Ogg, H. A., approximately 1831–1846, engraver. | Pollard, James, 1792–1867, illustrator.