Original publisher's wrapper for "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders". (Primary Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed in center of front cover: QUALIFIED HORSES / AND / UNQUALIFIED RIDERS, / OR / The Reverse of Sporting Phrases; / FROM THE WORK INTITLED / INDISPENSABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. / 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, on front cover, upper right: 21/ / Geoe: [George] Mure / 1st: Quart[o](?).
Printed on verso of front cover (inside wrapper): BATTLE OF WATERLOO. / JUST PUBLISHED, / A MOST SPLENDID PRINT OF THE BATTLE of WATERLOO, / From a Picture painted by Mr. HENRY ALKEN, under the immediaite Direction of / THE STAFF OFFICERS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S ARMY. / The Subject is chosen at that Point of Time when the Grand Charges were made by the Heavy and Light Brigades of Cavalry, led on by the / MARQUIS of ANGLESEA in Person, against the French Cuirasseurs and Polish Lancers, and shewing the Situation of the different Brigades a few Minutes previous to the complete Rout of the French Army. / Engraved by Messrs. R. COOPER and T. SUTHERLAND, in their best Style. / Size of the Plate 41 Inches by 24, giving a long Field View of the Battle.--Prints, £2 2s.--Proof, £3 3s.--Coloured Prints, £4 4s. / THE PORTRAITS OF / Field Marshal the DUKE of WELLINGTON, K.G. & K.G.C.B. / Field Marshal PRINCE BLUCHER, K.G. / Lieut. General the MARQUIS of ANGLESEA, G.C.B. / These Four Prints form ONE GRAND AND SPLENDID ENSEMBLE of the Glorious and Unprecedented BATTLE of WATERLOO. / Published by the Proprietors, Messrs. S. and J. FULLER, 34, Rathbone Place, where Subscribers' Names are received ; and by every principal / Bookseller in the United Kingdom. / A FINE PRINT OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IS JUST PUBLISHED, / After the celebrated Picture painted by DAVID at Paris. Print, 6s.--Proof, 7s. 6d. on India Paper. / A FINE PRINT OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, / SIZE OF THE ABOVE; / From a Drawing after a Picture painted by WOLKOFF of the Academy of Arts at St. Petersburgh. Print, 6s.--Proof, 7s. 6d. / A FINE PRINT OF POPE PIUS VII. / From a Miniature by JOSEPH BAZZOLI, engraved by G. MAILE. / These Prints will be succeeded by a Series of Portraits of Public Characters.
Printed on recto of back cover (inside wrapper): SPORTING DISCOVERIES, / OR THE / MISERIES OF DRIVING, / IN A SERIES OF SEVEN PLATES, / Being Hints to Young Sportsmen. / By BEN TALLY-HO, / AUTHOR OF "QUALIFIED HORSES AND UNQUALIFIED RIDERS;" 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.
Printed on verso of back cover: Just Published, by S. and J. FULLER, / QUALIFIED HORSES AND UNQUALIFIED RIDERS, / OR / The Reverse of Sporting Phrases: / FROM THE WORK INTITLED "INDISPENSABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS." / SPORTING DISCOVERIES, OR THE MISERIES OF SHOOTING, / In a Series of Seven Plates, being HINTS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN:--Price 21s. Quarto Imperial, in Colours: / AND / SPORTING DISCOVERIES, or the MISERIES of HUNTING, / PRICE ONE GUINEA, QUARTO IMPERIAL, IN COLOURS. / By BEN TALLY-HO, / Author of "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving," &c. &c. / A SET OF FOUR FOX-HUNTING PRINTS, / By H. ALKEN, engraved by CLARK & DUBURG.--Size of Prints 18 by 14--Price £2 12s. 6d. / A SET OF FOUR COCK-SHOOTING PRINTS, / By H. ALKEN, and engraved by R. REEVE.--Size 18 by 14 1/2--Price £2 12s. 6d. / SIX PRINTS, HUNTING AND SHOOTING ; / 2s. 6d. plain--5s. coloured. / BEAUTIES AND DEFECTS IN THE FIGURE OF THE HORSE, / COMPARATIVELY DELINEATED IN A SERIES OF COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, / From the Pencil of Mr. HENRY ALKEN, / WITH REFERENCES AND USEFUL INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG PURCHASERS, / OR TO THOSE WHO PURSUE / THE STUDY OF THAT NOBLE AND USEFUL ANIMAL, / Price 18s. in Boards. / S. and J. FULLER respectfully inform those Gentlemen who are fond of FIELD SPORTS, that they have on Sale a large Collection of / Drawings and Pencil Sketches, both on Military and Sporting Subjects, as Shooting, Hunting, Racing, Coursing, Horses, Dogs, &c. &c. &c. Inscribed in graphite on verso of back cover, upper left: "12 / 1A."
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