60 Ancient Books. 



413. BRITISH SPORTSMAN. Samuel Howitt. A book de- 

 scriptive of Field Sports, and illustrated with 70 

 coloured plates. Ed. Orme, London, 1812. 4to, plates. 



414. FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS, with supplement of New 

 South Wales. The supplement has separate title, and 

 issued apart. Illustrations by S. Howitt, Atkinson 

 Clark, Maus Kirch, etc. The original was produced 

 in sumptuous style green morocco, extra bound, 

 sporting tools on back and broad borders, gilt edges. 

 It contained 50 plates. Present value 3 to <4. 

 London, 1814. 4to. 



415. INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that 

 relates to Guns and Shooting. Peter Hawker. Pro- 

 bably the best known book on the subject. It was 

 written, the author states, " at the particular request 

 of some sporting friends of the author, who had 

 recourse to the press in order to present each of them 

 with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions 

 also were provided for the amusement and instruction 

 of the inexperienced sportsman " ; and eleven editions 

 were published between 1814 and 1859. The first 

 is very rare, the third is the best early edition, the 

 ninth the most full. Subsequent to the author's death, 

 his son, P. W. L. Hawker, edited the work, and the 

 contents were abridged. The third edition is 8vo, has 

 470 pp., 10 lithographed plates, 4 coloured, a list of 

 London gunmakers, remarks on the Game Laws, and 

 some natural history notes ; but the chief value of the 

 book arises from the practical information given, the 

 results of original experiments, particulars of " timely 

 inventions," and the opinions of gunmakers. There is 

 very little superfluous anecdote, and not so much 

 argumentative writing as in sporting books of the 

 time. Printed by Charles Wood, Poppin's Court, 

 Fleet Street, for Longman, Hurst, Eees, Orme, Brown 

 and Green. 1814, 8vo; 1816, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1830 

 corrected, 1844, 1854, edited by P. W. L. Hawker, 



