Hobbinol, Field Sports and the Bowling Green SOMERVILE William (1675-1742) Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann Publish Year: 1813 Publish Place: William Bulmer & Co, Shakespeare Printing Office Illustrator: Nesbit & Thurston Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 004242 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 2nd Edition Inscription: Unknown £75 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1813, 2nd ed, 15 woodcuts. In half brown calf over maroon cloth, gilt tooling, corners & edges bumped & worn. Old re-spine, raised bands, edges worn, gilt tooling, gilt title to red calf label. Internally, [6], 118 pp, 15 B&W woodcuts by Nesbit & Thurston, front hinge strengthened professionally, light foxing to endpapers, small chip to head of ffep, old ink name to ffep R S Wareham), printed by W Bulmer and Co, Cleveland row, St James's, London, text block edges marbled. 3 poems - Hobbinol, or The Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem, dedicated to Mr Hogarth, 3 cantos, 439 verses. Field Sports, dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince (first printed in 1742) 286 verses. & The Bowling Green, 220 verses. (288*235 mm). A lovely production. First edition in this formal was printed by the Shakespeare Press in 1796, by Bulmer and illustrated by Thomas Bewick, however Ackermann states that the illustrations in this the 2nd volume by Nesbit & Thurston are better!
