Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (original and Selected) of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and The Stage; The Whole Forming a Complete Panorama of the Sporting World; United with It A Book of Reference and Entertaining Companion to The Lovers of British Sports.
London: Printed for Knight & Lacey, Paternoster-Row and Pierce Egan, 113, Strand, 1827.
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Lane, Theodore. First edition. Embellished with 13 hand-colored aquatints designed from Nature and etched by Theodore Lane, 18 wood engravings. viii, 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsomely bound in full crimson morocco, gilt panelled spine, a.e.g., by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Fine. Abbey Life 283; Tooley 194; Not in Schwerdt; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 127.
Item #53553
Subjects illustrated by color plates include: horse racing, rat catching, dogs versus lion fight, the theatre, taverns, bull-baiting, dogs, duck hunting and rowing.
