Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862-1939
Title:
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 Manuscripts Z7514.H9 S39 1928+ Copy 1 Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone
Rare Books and Manuscripts Z7514.H9 S39 1928+ Copy 2 Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts Z7514.H9 S39 1928+ Copy 3 Rare Books work room Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862–1939 -- Library -- Catalogs. | Hunting -- Bibliography. | Falconry -- Bibliography. | Shooting -- Bibliography. | Sporting prints. | Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Waterlow & Sons, limited -- Printer. | Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862–1939 -- Autograph. | Krolik, P. D. -- Provenance. (BACRB Copy 2) | Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894–1972 -- Provenance. (BACRB Copy 2) | Kelly & Sons -- Bookbinder. | Chon. -- 1928–1937.