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Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Two volume set. Hard cover published in 1806. No dust jackets. Covers of both books are detached. Corners of covers are worn and rounded, with some fraying. Spines are worn, and have some red rot. Both books have a book plate inside front covers. Pages have some tanning, foxing, or spotting. Books are in acceptable condition. 6.5 lbs.; 4to 11" - 13" tall
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volumes. lxvi, 168, [6]; xii, 260, [8] pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, folding aquatint frontispiece, two engraved title pages, 46 aquatints, 9 of which are folding, 7 full page engraved plates, two engraved musical plates, plus numerous woodcut, engraved and aquatint tailpieces. 4to., 310 x 245 mm, bound in contemporary full English calf, red morocco spine labels. First Edition. Thomas Thornton, an Englishman, keen sportsman and keen Francophile, he was able to travel and hunt in France during the height of the Napoleonic Wars. After Waterloo, Thornton settled in France, where he eventually died in 1823. The superb aquatints depict everything from town prospects to sketches of French costumes. Volume 2 contains one plate, "Plan of the Entrance to Thornville Royal," which is not listed in the list of plates in Abbey or Tooley. Volume 2 front board detatched, otherwise a nice unsophisticated set. Abbey, Travel 84. Tooley 488.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$606.32 + shipping
Description: LXVI, 168 / VIII, 260 Seiten. Mit vielen Abbildungen und ausklappbaren Tafeln. Sprache Englisch. Kanten minimal berieben. Papier altersbedingt braunfleckig. Regal gr. 29679 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3083 4°, Halbleder. Goldprägung auf Einband und Rücken. Mit 3- seitigem Goldschnitt.
Seller: Antiquariat Richart Kulbach, Heidelberg, Germany
Price: US$634.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardback, two volumes complete, quartos, measuring 13" x 10", modern green full calf lettered gilt on contrasting red and brown label to spine, raised bands, single gilt rule to boards, marbled endpapers and new blanks. A very good tightly bound set with clean texts. Half-title to each volume with additional engraved title pages, portrait frontis to volume one, lacking one plate of 54 (that which was to face page 8 of volume II), the total including ten folding plates, additional engraved tail-piece to the end of the Index of the second volume: xvli, 166 [vi] + xii, 260 [viii]
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Price: US$788.22 + shipping
Description: Due volumi legati in uno di cm. 28, pp. lxvi, 168 (8); xii, 260 (12). Ritratto dell'autore, primo frontespizio illustrato a ciascuna delle due parti + 54 belle tavole all'acquatinta di cui alcune ripiegate (tutte protette da velina). Solida ed elegante legatura d'amatore novecentesca in piena marocchino verde scuro, dorso a nervi con titoli in oro. Piatti inquadrati da duplice filetto decorativo, dentelles interne, sguardie marmorizzate e tagli dorati. Ex libris nobiliare ed un paio di etichette di librerie antiquarie. Entro custodia rigida marmorizzata. Qualche arrossatura sparsa, perlopiù marginale, peraltro complessivamente esemplare marginoso e ben conservato. Opera munita di un affascinante apparato iconografico riguardante la descrizione di luoghi, modi e costumi di caccia del popolo francese. Belle vedute di ricerve e parchi di caccia. Cfr. Souhart (460-461).
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Benacense, riva del garda, Italy
Price: US$833.80 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, separately paginated. Quarto, pp lxvi, 168, [6] Index & xii, 260, [8] Index & Directions to Binder, [4] catalogue. Vignettes to title pages; 24 plates, of which 5 folding, to Vol I and 30 plates including double-page musical plate, of which 6 folding, to Vol II, plus vignettes and tail pieces in text. Half scarlet morocco over matching paper-covered boards; gilt titles and ruling to spine. Marbled endpapers. Spines lightly sunned and creased; boards surface scuffed and bumped to edges with wear. A little scattered foxing and some offsetting; light staining to edge of frontis & title page Vol II. Small loss to plate facing p66 Vol I. Ownership inscription with address of Anthony Freeman to verso ffep Vol I in pencil. A Good set. Classic account of an English gentleman's sporting journeys through France during breaks in the Napoleonic wars. Thomas Thornton (1751/21823) was a renowned Yorkshire sportsman, achieving fame with his several packs of hounds, with which he provided free hunting of foxes, stags, and hares for the Yorkshire gentry. From 1772 to 1781 he managed the Falconers' Club near Cambridge. Thornton made two expeditions to the Scottish highlands about 1786, which were described as one journey in his book A sporting tour through the northern parts of England and great parts of the highlands of Scotland (1804). His correspondence to the Earl of Darlington during a tour of France during which he met Napoleon was the foundation for A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France (1806). He describes at length his passion for the French countryside, rural dress, food & drink, and manners etc, and such diverse rural sports as wolf-hunting, falconry and boar-hunting. (ODNB)
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Price: US$1148.07 + shipping
Description: [Travel] FIRST EDITION, in two volumes. Quartos (30 x 24cm), pp.lxvi; 168; [6], pp.xii; 260; [12]. With numerous in-text engravings and 51 engraved plates across the two volumes, some of them fold-out. Both with frontispieces and vignette title pages, frontispiece of volume II is fold-out. Brown half calf, borders gilt-ruled. Newly re-backed spines gilt-lettered in six compartments with further gilt embellishment. Marbled paper over boards. All edges marbled. Both volumes still mostly bright and clean, some infrequent marking/spotting/offsetting. A few pencil annotations to both. Armorial bookplate to both pastedowns. Rubbing to paper boards. Wear to extremities. Very good.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to, 29.5 by 23 cm. lxvi, 168, [6], xii, 260, [6 -- including errata page] pp. Volume One has 24 plates, of which 5 are folding. Volume 2 has 30 plates, of which 6 are folding. Also two page plate of music score. Most plates are aquatints, with some being engraved. Plates are beautiful, many evocations of pastoral scenery, in addition to sporting related. Also costume plates depicting people of unsual professions. Also engraved vignette illustrations throughout. Full calf with Greek motived blindstamped band and gilt edge ruling. Minor starting and rubbing of joints. Calf has scuffs and a few tiny abrasions. Gilt rubbed on spine. Still an attractive contemporary binding. Scattered light foxing but mostly clean within. Also included are two bookseller invoices, one from 1846, the other, from 1876, for this book. Bookplate of Thomas Grahame in both volumes. Marbled endpapers.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volume set. 30 cm. Quartos. Contemporary red Moroccan leather bindings. Gilt tooled and ornamented. All edges gilt. Rebacked. Marbled end pages. 52 plates. Aquatints. Engraved titles. Some spotting to title pages. Lacks 2 plates of music. Collated. Folding plates. A lovely book. By Colonel Thornton ; illustrated with upwards of eighty correct and picturesque delineations from original drawings from nature, by Mr. Bryant, and other eminent artists.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1263.52 + shipping
Description: A handsomely-bound first edition detailing a sporting tour of France at the turn of the 19th century, illustrated with folding plates. Two volumes bound together as one. Written by Thomas Thornton (c1751-1823), an English sportsman. Thornton was known for his meticulousness as a huntsman and falconer. he was an advocate of hunting using volley guns. He also published 'A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland', which was noticed by Walter Scott in the Edinburgh Review of 1805.Thornton had visited France ahead of the French Revolution, and later revisited it during the Peace of Amiens in 1802. He was introduced to Napoleon Bonaparte, and presented him with a pair of Durs Egg pistols. He had aimed to purchase a French estate, but the Napoleonic Wars hindered his plans.Two volumes bound together as one.The first edition of this work.With a frontispiece portrait an illustrated half title page and twenty-three plates to volume I, including six folding plates, and a folding frontispiece, illustrated half title page and thirty including six folding plates to volume II. Collated, complete.A particularly smart example of this exciting work. In a recent half crushed morocco binding. Externally very smart; spine is a touch faded as to be expected with leather of this colour. There is a little general wear to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, bar occasional spots more noticeable to the plates. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1336.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TWO VOLUMES in a FINE BINDING. Please NOTE: With 6 text pages & 2 plates LACKING in volume 2, see below for details. Full title as follows: "A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, & Other Field-Amusements, as Practised in That Country. With General Observations on the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Husbandry, & Commerce: Strictures on the Customs & Manners of the French People; With a View of the Comparative Advantages of Sporting in France & England. In a Series of Letters to the Right Hon. The Earl of Darlington. To Which is Prefixed, an Account of French Wolf-Hunting, in Two Volumes". FIRST EDITION. "Illustrated with upwards of eighty correct & picturesque delineations from original drawings from nature, by Mr. Bryant, & other eminent artists." Contains engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. 1, & two engraved title pages with vignettes. With a total of 52 (of 54) aquatint/engraved plates (10 folding, with 5 folding in each volume; vol. 1 frontispiece; & with 2pp of musical manuscript), & several small vignette engravings in the text. Rear of volume 2 contains binding list, & front section of volume 1 contains full description of plates. NOTE: Volume 2 LACKS two preliminary leaves - BOTH the folding frontispiece plate, & half-title page preceding this plate; plus also LACKS 6 internal TEXT PAGES (pages 39-44 inclusive), PLUS the plate which should've been opposite p.43 (roughly torn, stubs & inner portions of all pages remain). Former owner's tiny/neat detailed pencil notes on first blank of volume 1, which read (in part): "Thomas Thornton of Thornville-Royal Yorkshire - revived falconry - well known sportsman made a sporting tour in the highlands of Scotland in 1786 & published an account of it in 1804. Born 1757, died 1823 in Paris. Seems to have been very rich. William Henry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, of Raby Castle Co., Durham, 5th Baron & 2nd Viscount Barnard K.G. Lord Lieut of Durham was born 1766 & died 1842. His first wife was the daughter of the 6th & last Duke of (Betton). Lord Darlington's great grandmother was a daughter of the 1st Duke of Cleveland (son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers) & Lord Darlington was in 1827 created Mayor of Cleveland & in 1823 Duke of Cleveland & Baron Raby. He was a whig & a great patron of the Turf & was Master of the Raby hunt from 1800 to 1838. The Raby hunt composed the area now hunted by the Zettard, the Bedele, & the Bodsworth. Lord Darlington got his Dukedom in return for his support of the Reform Bill. His great wealth came from coal. This Dukedom of Cleveland of the 2nd creation became extinct in 1891 on the death of the 4th Duke. Raby Castle went to his kinsman Lord Barnard & is now owned by the 10th Baron Barnard" (pencil notation continues with details regarding Colonel Thornton, also marginal pencil notations to a few pages). With matching bookplates of former owner (Archie Loyd) affixed to front pastedowns. Archie Kirkman Loyd (1847-1922) was a British barrister & twice Member of Parliament for Abingdon. In 1892 Loyd was appointed a Queen's Counsel. FINE BINDING. Beautifully bound in matching red morocco half-leather over marbled boards, bright gilt lettering & elaborate gilt design in compartments to spines, raised bands, gilt-ruled boards, top edges gilt, fore-edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Binding is NEAR FINE. Overall condition of the two volumes is VERY GOOD. Volume 2 lacking 2 plates & 6 text pages (as noted), varied foxing (including to plates, mostly margins), offsetting from plates, some faint marginal staining, bookplates to front pastedowns (as noted), otherwise a nice clean tight solid leatherbound set. lxvi + 168pp + index (6pp); xii + 260pp + index/errata/directions to binder (8pp). Wide margins. No ads. Heavy set of volumes (over 3kg), extra shipping may be required. RARE.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$1390.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volume set quarter bound in contemporary red leather. Quarto. Marbled boards. lxvi, 168, [6]; xii, 260, [8] pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, folding aquatint frontispiece, two engraved title pages, 46 aquatints, 9 of which are folding, 7 full page engraved plates, two engraved musical plates, plus numerous woodcut, engraved and aquatint tailpieces. TEG. Minimal shelfwear to Volume 1. Minimal shelfwear to Volume 2 with some chipping and loss to head of spine. Tight bindings and good covers. Contemporary bookplate on inside boards of both volumes of Dean Page. Clean, unmarked pages with minimal toning. Volume 1 plates and folding plates in crisp, clean condition. 1st folding plate torn in half but contemporary repaired (see photo). Volume 2 plates and folding plates in crisp,clean condition. Abbey, Travel No. 84. Tooley No. 488 Please feel free to view our photographs.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1806 HUNTING 1ed Thornton Sporting Tour in France Illustrated Landscape Napoleon Thomas Thornton was an 18th-century English hunter known for his sporting tours and outdoor sports. Shortly after the French Revolution in 1802, Thornton ventured to France in hopes of obtaining a large French estate. And while the purchase failed, he was befriended by Napoleon and gained significant knowledge on the landscape, tradition, culture, and hunting history of France. In 1806 he published a book on his discovery entitled A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France. This two volume set includes more than 50 engravings, many folding, of French architecture, hunting supplies, landscapes and chateaus (including Versailles!), as well as illustrated hunting scenes! Item number: #14314 Price: $1500 THORNTON, Thomas A sporting tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802, including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting, and other field-amusements, as practised in that country, with general observations on the arts, sciences, agriculture, husbandry, and commerce, strictures on the customs and manners of the French people, with a view of the comparative advantages of sporting in France and England [London] : Printed by James Cundee for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages (2 Volumes) Vol. 1 lxvi, 168, [6] 23 engraved plates Vol. 2 xii, 260, [8] 29 engraved plates References: Abbey Travel 84 Provenance: Handwritten J Pilcher, 1st Life Guards Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~11in X 8.75in (28cm x 22.5cm) Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $7,500 Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 14314 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. 4to., (12 x 9 4/8 inches). 4-page publisher's advertisement at end. Half-titles. Additional engraved vignette title-pages, frontispiece portrait of Thornton, 10 folding aquatints, 36 full-page aquatints, 6 engraved plates of views, and 2 of musical notation, numerous aquatint and engraved tail-pieces throughout after Bryant and M. Lucas (title-pages and engraved plates with some heavy spotting, else a bright copy, one or two pages loose). Original blue paper backed drab paper boards, printed paper labels on the front covers, uncut (extremities and backstrips worn with loss, soiled). First and only edition, of an extraordinary tour through a France ravaged by the Napoleonic wars, probably during a brief hiatus between the wars of the Third and Fourth coalitions. With the celebrated portrait of Colonel Thornton with his falcon, within a border of sporting emblems, which "is of great artistic merit" (Schwerdt). "The various Tours performed on the Continent during the short pacific interval that succeeded the late war, have communicated much useful and interesting intelligence to the British public. But as no French Tour of a Sporting natures has yet issued from the press, it is humbly presumed, that the subsequent letters may claim some degree of attention, both on account of their novelty, and the acknowledged perfection of their author in all the various sports of the field. The sporting intelligence contained in this work may be implicitly relied on, . It is much to be regretted, that the ravages of war are carried into those fertile plains where nature and cultivation formerly united to exhibit the most luxuriant scenery to the eye of the contemplative traveller, and where the mind of the antiquary found ample amusement among the venerable castles that adorned and diversified the interesting landscape; but where those magnificent abodes are now stripped of their interior decorations, and mournfully dilapidated; whilst the revolutionary mania has even extended to the recesses of the ancient forests, levelling the sturdy oak, and destroying, or chacing away, the feathered tenants of those umbrageous abodes." (Preface). Abbey Travel 84; Schwerdt II p.261. Catalogued by Kate Hunter
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : 1st, Late 19th century full attractive morocco, boards with double straight lined gilt border. Spine with 6 densely gilt compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and four. All edges marbled, marbled paste down and free end papers. , Size : Small folio., Complete with 56 plates (50 aquatints; 6 etchings/engravings), of which 49 are hand-coloured, including the two frontispieces and two engraved titles. 10 of the plates are folding., Volume : 2, References : Abbey Travel 84, Volume 1. P. half-title, blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, (1), vii-lxvi, 1-168, index (6); Volume 2. P. half-title, blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, v-xii, 1-260, index (5), (3) An excellent and handsome copy, text and plates are clean and crisp in attractive period binding.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada