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would deal with the purchaser as fairly and as 

 cheaply as he would be dealt with in the auction 

 room. But it is only from the auction room that we 

 can learn the market value of old sporting books. 

 The subject of this chapter must of necessity be dry, 

 but I will endeavour to make it as interesting as 

 possible. 



Few authors are better known to hunting men than 

 the author of 



"^v , Annals of Horsemanship. By " Geoffrey Gambado " 

 (H. W. Bunbury). ist edition, 17 91. 4to, with 17 en- 

 gravings after H. W. Bunbury. 



Little is known of the personality of " Gambado," 

 except that he was renowned in the county of 

 Suffolk for his public and private virtues, and, besides 

 being an author, was a celebrated caricaturist. He 

 was also M.D. and F.R.S., though certainly he was 

 very unlike a modern physician. He wrote in regard 

 to himself — 



" I seek no fame, I want no name, 

 My bread in Bread Street is ; 

 Gambado has sufficient fame — 

 This is sufficient bhss." 



Mr. Bunbury was born in Bread Street, I should 

 add. His chief works are : — 



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An Acadefuy for Grown Horsemett, by " Geoffrey Gam- 

 bado " (H. W. Bunbury), and Annals of Horsemanships 

 by the same, 1787-91. 2 vols., 4to. The Academy con- 

 tains 12 plates, and the Annals of Horsemanship 17, and 

 all after H. W. Bunbury. 



