Butler capt henry (1 Ergebnisse)

illustrative of the wild life of a hunter on the frontier of the Cape Colony. First edition. Frontispiece & 31 images (16 coloured) on 15 lithograph plates. Tall 4to. Original navy cloth, gilt, owner's inscription on front free endpaper and title page, with a navy cloth slipcase. 16pp. London, Ackermann & Co., Noted by both Abbey and Mendelssohn respectively as "interesting" and "rather [a] scarce volume". According to Czech, this rare "beautiful visual record of sport of the era" was written by Butler to relieve the tedium of life on the frontier. He records various sporting scenes including hunts after quagga, wildebeest, eland, and lion. Abbey, 336; Mendelssohn I, p235; Czech, p29. …