Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod. ; with numerous illustrations by Alken ; reprinted from the New sporting magazine.
Published / Created:
London : Rudolph Ackermann, 1835.
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 110 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsCT9991.M98 N5 1835 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsCT9991.M98 N5 1835 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatint engravings by Edward Duncan; after Henry Thomas Alken.Nimrod is the pseudonym of Charles James Apperley."Printed by W. Spiers, 399 Oxford Street, London."--P. [ii].Alken's original drawings for the present work are in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Department of Prints and Drawings, B2001.2.1606-1623).Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 147Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 39BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in publisher's original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Bookplate: Fredk. A. Cope. Armorial bookplate: R.N.H. Moore Stevens.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in gilt-tooled red morocco, by Riviere & Son; cloth covers bound in at end.
Subject Terms:
Mytton, John, 1796–1834. | Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Shropshire -- Biography. | Hunting -- Great Britain. | Shropshire (England) -- Biography. | Ackermann, Rudolph -- Publisher. | Cope, Frederick A. -- Bookplate. | Stevens, R. N. H. Moore -- Bookplate. | Riviere & Son -- Binder.