Henry James. Pye

The Sportsman’s Dictionary.

      London: John Stockdale. 1807 4to, 1/2 leather over marbled paper boards (20th c. rebind). Fifth edition, illustrated with 17 plates. Riding, hunting, fowling, fishing, racing, hawking, game management, horse breeding and care. An extremely popular one-volume encyclopedia for the sportsman, reprinted and expanded numerous times. The rebinding here is quite lovely.