1821 1st ed Impressions of Animals Silver Buttons Engravings Illustrated HUNTING
‘Impressions of a Series of Animals’ is an impressive, valuable, and highly desirable book of animal engravings by Abraham Cooper. These small illustrations were taken from a unique set of silver buttons that were sold for shooting coats. Publisher J.H. Burn published these designs with a quotation under each plate. (Gilbey, p. 161). The animals noted on these buttons include
- The woodcock
- The setter (dog)
- The mallard
- The pointer (dog)
- The hare
- The greyhound
- The grouse
- The fox
- The pheasant
- The stag
- The partridge
- The foxhound
1821 1st ed Impressions of Animals Silver Buttons Engravings Illustrated HUNTING
‘Impressions of a Series of Animals’ is an impressive, valuable, and highly desirable book of animal engravings by Abraham Cooper. These small illustrations were taken from a unique set of silver buttons that were sold for shooting coats. Publisher J.H. Burn published these designs with a quotation under each plate. (Gilbey, p. 161). The animals noted on these buttons include
- The woodcock
- The setter (dog)
- The mallard
- The pointer (dog)
- The hare
- The greyhound
- The grouse
- The fox
- The pheasant
- The stag
- The partridge
- The foxhound
Item number: #6705
Price: $1950
SCOTT, John [engraver]
Impressions of a series of animals, birds, &c. illustrative of British field sports: from a set of silver buttons,
London, J.H. Burn 1821. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
o 17 engraved leaves
o These pages include 16 ‘buttons’ – one for each animal – and advertisement from Thomas Gosden – the originator of the buttons
- References: Gilbey, Animal Painters of England;
- Provenance: Bookplate
o John M. Schiff
- John Mortimer Schiff (August 26, 1904 – May 9, 1987) was an American investment banker and philanthropist.
- He was a partner in the firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., as well as a trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, a breeder of championship thoroughbred racehorses, and the national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956.
o George Weare Braikenridge
- A notable English antiquities collector whose Braikenridge Collection is extensive and still well-known.
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight & secure
o Visible repair at inner hinges
- Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x 14cm)
- Extremely rare with auction estimates and price comparisons at over $5,300 (Doyle 2008)
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6705
Category
Arts & Architecture
Authors
SCOTT, John [engraver]
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete