1860 – Chamois Hunting | Illustrated Hunting & Mountains Stories

Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol by Charles Boner is a 19^th-century account of hunting stories in Germany. Illustrated with impressive, full-page engravings, this book describes adventures in the Bavarian Alps and first-hand experience tracking deer. It also includes encounters with poachers as well as a curious section on arsenic and poisoning eating.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol
• Author(s): Charles Boner
• Illustrator(s): Theodore Horschelt
• Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
• Edition: New Edition, 1860 (i.e. 2^nd edition)
• Binding: Full leather
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Size:  7.75 in x 5 in (19.7 cm x 12.7 cm)
• Collation: 446 pp
• Illustrations: 16 full-page engravings
• Contents Include:
  • Chamois tracking and alpine terrain observations
  • Notes on arsenic eating customs in mountainous regions
  • Encounters with poachers and local hunters
  • Surveys of Tyrolean and Bavarian landscapes
  • Tips on following wounded game

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather binding remains tight with only light rubbing to corners. Marbled endpapers and edges well preserved. Text block clean and solid. All sixteen engravings are complete and free of foxing.

Why Collect This?

• Includes expanded hunting narratives not found in earlier printings
• Illustrated throughout by German painter Theodore Horschelt
• Bound in full Victorian leather with period marbling

Item Number: # 29842