[Original publisher's wrapper] (Primary Title)
Doing the Thing; and the Thing Done, in a Series of Sporting Plates (Series Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed in center of page: DOING THE THING; / AND / THE THING DONE, / IN / A Series of Sporting Plates. / BY BEN TALLY-HO, / Author of "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving;" and "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Hunting," &c. &c. / London: / PUBLISHED BY S. AND J. FULLER, AT THE TEMPLE OF FANCY, RATHBONE PLACE, / And may be had of all the Booksellers in the United Kingdom. Inscribed in ink upper right: G Perceval / GPer / G / GP / GP / GP. Printed in center of page on verso: Just Published, by S. and J. FULLER, / A SET OF SEVEN FOX HUNTING PRINTS, / By H. ALKEN, Engraved by Cooper and Sutherland. Size of Prints, 12 inches by 14 inches.-- Price £ 3 / Drawing a Cover, Gone Away, Full Cry, the Leap, the Death, Refreshment, and Toast. / Sporting Sketches; / CONSISTING OF SUBJECTS RELATIVE TO THE SPORTS OF THE FIELD, AS / HORSES, DOGS, LIVE AND DEAD GAME, WILD FOWL, FOX HUNTING, / SHOOTING, COURSING, FISHING, &c. &c. / The whole illustrative of Landscape Scenery./ By HENRY ALKEN. / This Work is completed in Eight Monthly Numbers, Demy Folio, each Number containing Six Plates. / Price 7s. 6d.; or Complete in Boards, £ 3 3s. / QUALIFIED HORSES AND UNQUALIFIED RIDERS; / OR / The Reverse of Sporting Phrases, / From a Work intitled, "INDISPENSIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS;" / In a Series of Colored Plates, shewing the Figure that good and well-trained Hunters are likely to make in the Field by being mounted by / Unqualified Riders. / BY BEN TALLY-HO. / Price £ 1 1s. Imperial 4to. in Colors. / SPORTING DISCOVERIES; or, THE MISERIES OF DRIVING, / In a Series of Colored Plates; being HINTS to YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS. / By BEN TALLY-HO. / Price £ 1 1s. Imperial 4to. Inscribed in graphite on verso upper right: "12 / 7" and "24" (in circle).
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