first edition
by ALKEN, Henry; SURTEES, Robert S.
London: Published by Rudolph Ackermann, 1846. It was, perhaps, the best hunting season of modern times" (Preface)
[ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. [SURTEES, Robert Smith]. The Analysis of the Hunting Field, Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6. With Numerous Illustrations, by H. Alken. London: Published by Rudolph Ackermann, 1846.
First edition, mixed issue, with the earliest state of plates 4 & 5 (dated Nov. 9th) but with the Preface dated 1847.
Large octavo (9 3/4 x 6 inches; 246 x 152 mm). [8], 326, [4, publisher's catalogue] (truncated)
[ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. [SURTEES, Robert Smith]. The Analysis of the Hunting Field, Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6. With Numerous Illustrations, by H. Alken. London: Published by Rudolph Ackermann, 1846.
First edition, mixed issue, with the earliest state of plates 4 & 5 (dated Nov. 9th) but with the Preface dated 1847.
Large octavo (9 3/4 x 6 inches; 246 x 152 mm). [8], 326, [4, publisher's catalogue] (truncated)