Nimrod's hunting reminiscences : comprising memoirs of masters of hounds, notices of the crack riders and characteristics of the hunting countries of England.
Edition:
A new edition, with an introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and fifty-one illustrations in colour, line and half-tone after James Seymour, Thomas Weaver, T. Woodward, Wildrake, H. Alken, R.B. Davis, Hancock, W.P. Hodges, J. Ramsay, Thomas Phillips, R.A., F.C. Turner, John Doyle, and Thomas Bewick.
Published / Created:
London : John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.London ; and Beccles : Made and printed in Great Britain by Wm. Clowes and Sons, Ltd., London and Beccles
Physical Description:
xxi, [3], 239, [1] pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsSK285 .N565 1926Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally issued in 1843.Includes bibliographical references.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original green cloth.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- England -- History -- 19th century. | Hunting -- Great Britain. | Horse sports -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Photomechanical prints -- 1926.
Contributors:
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862–1940, writer of introduction. | Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851, illustrator. | Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828, illustrator. | Davis, Richard Barrett, 1782–1854, illustrator. | Doyle, John, 1797–1868, illustrator. | Hodges, Walter Parry, 1760–1845, illustrator. | Phillips, Thomas, 1770–1845, illustrator. | Ramsay, James, 1786–1854, illustrator. | Seymour, James, 1702–1752, illustrator. | Turner, F. C. (Francis Calcraft), approximately 1782–1846, illustrator. | Weaver, Thomas, 1774–1843, illustrator. | Tattersall, George, 1817–1849, illustrator. | Woodward, Thomas, 1801–1852, illustrator. | William Clowes and Sons, printer. | Lane, John, 1854–1925, publisher. | Bodley Head (Firm), publisher.