HOWITT, William Samuel 8 hunting plates, s.d. Hand col. aquatint engravings, laid paper, all +/- 37 x 49 cm. Some marg. waterstaining and browning. Good copies.
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
460 €
Description
Unique aquatint engravings from the 2nd ed. of "Oriental Field Sports, being a complete detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East (...) authored by Captain Thomas Williamson and illustrated by W. S. Howitt" (c. 1765-1822), published by Thomas McLean in London 1818-19. Present are "Killing game in boats", "Hog-hunters meeting by surprise a tigress & her cubs", "Smoking wolves from their earths", "The Ganges breaking its banks; with fishing, etc.", "Shooting a tiger from a platform", "Decoy elephants catching a male", "The common wolf trap" & "Driving elephants into a keddah".
