Sketches of Indian Field Sports: with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents,...: as practiced by the Conjoors, and their methods of curing themselves when bitten: with remarks on hydrophobia and rabid animals.
by Daniel Johnson
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- Hardcover
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Title continued: ... to which is added an account of hunting the wild boar, as followed by Europeans in Bengal and its dependances. Half orange morocco with gilt rule and marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; deckle edges. Includes sheet music for the song The Hog Hunt. Frontispiece and occasional black and white hors texte plates throughout. Pages bright and clean with minor foxing to some. Losses to top corner of pages 265-268, not effecting any text. Boards beginning to split from spine, primarily at top and bottom of front board, although is still intact and sturdy (see image). xii, 295 pp. 6 x 9 inches.
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- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
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- 6413
- Title
- Sketches of Indian Field Sports: with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents,...
- Author
- Daniel Johnson
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Jennings
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- India;
- Size
- 8vo
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About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...