hand-coloured issue

The rare hand-coloured issue of Daniel's classic compendium of field sports, with an additional hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and half-title. Rural Sports proved 'very popular among contemporary sportsmen and even naturalists... [describing] in detail hunting, coursing, and fishing, and... many impressive plates' (ODNB).

Hand-coloured issue; 4 vols including supplement, 4to, engraved portrait, additional engraved titles, with additional hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and half-title, 72 engraved plates (68 with original hand-colour), 2 engraved tables, occasional spotting to supplement and title to supplement with soft crease, contemporary russia gilt, all edges gilt, neatly rebacked preserving spines, wear to supplement corners, a very attractive set.