Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hansard, George Agar
Title:
The book of archery : being the complete history and practice of the art, ancient and modern ; interspersed with numerous interesting anecdotes, and an account of the existing toxophilite societies / By George Agar Hansard ...
Published / Created:
London : Henry G. Bohn, 1841.
Physical Description:
[2], xxi, [3], 456 p., [38] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1185 H24 1841
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations by Lumb Stocks, Robert Staines, Augustus Fox, E.J. Portbury, Francis Engleheart, S. Bull, J. Hollis and J. Smith; after Francis Philip Stephanoff.

Printed by A. Spottiswoode, London.

Added engraved t.p. with vignette and imprint date 1845.

MUDD NLn85 840hb: Added t.-p., engr., with imprint date: 1845.

MUDD NLn85 840h: Plates have imprint: Longman & Co., 1840.
Subject Terms:
Ryall, Ronald -- Bookplate. | Booth, John Niecrome -- Autograph. | Bohn, Henry G. -- Publisher. | Spottiswoode, A. -- Printer. | Archery. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1841.
Contributors:
Stephanoff, Francis Philip, 1788–1860, ill. | Stocks, Lumb, 1812–1892, engraver. | Staines, Robert, 1805–1849, engraver. | Fox, Augustus, engraver. | Portbury, E. J., approximately 1795–1885, engraver. | Engleheart, Francis, 1775–1849, engraver. | Bull, S., fl. 1838–1846, engraver. | Hollis, J., engraver. | Smith, John, -1832, engraver.