Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cooper, Abraham, 1787-1868
Title:
Impressions of a series of animals, birds, &c. illustratives of British field sports : from a set of silver buttons / drawn by A. Cooper ... and engraved by Mr. John Scott.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. H. Burn ... R. and S. Prowett, ... and to be had of all booksellers, 1821.
Physical Description:
[1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1719 C77 1821 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1719 C77 1821 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Both are large paper copies.

BAC: Copy 1: Review from Annals of Sports pasted to inside front cover.

BAC: Copy 1: Text for the "Setter" has cancel leaf attached.

BAC: Copy 1: Advertisements: [4] p. at end.

BAC: Copy 2: Text printed correctly for the "Setter". Bookplate of Joseph Manuel Adreini.

Added engraved t.p. reads: Impressions from a set of silver buttons relative to the sports of the field.

"Advertisement": signed Thomas Gosden. Text is from Thomas Bewick and William Butler Daniel.
Subject Terms:
Adreini, Joseph Manuel -- Bookplate. | Stone, Melville E. -- Provenance. | Burn, J. H. -- Publisher. | Animals in art. | Hunting in art. | Sports in art. | Hunting -- Great Britain. | Buttons -- Great Britain. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1821.
Contributors:
Scott, John, 1774–1827, engraver. | Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828. | Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833. | Goseden, Thomas, 1780–1849.