Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
Author:
ST. JOHN Charles
Year:
1846
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
John Murray
Summary:
vi- 281 pages, top edge gilt, armorial bookplate to front paste down and free end paper, bound in a contemporary full tan calf inner gilt rolled tooling, the spine in 6 compartments with contrasting labels and ornate gilt tooling bound by Sotheran. The first edition of a classic work and much reprinted on Scottish sport and natural history with observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185.
Ref:
22937
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