Sketches of Field Sports as followed by the Natives of India with observations on the animals. Also an account of some of the Inhabitants and natural productions, interspersed with various anecdotes. Likewise the late Nawab Vizier Asoph Ul Dowlah's grand style of sporting and character, a description of the art of catching serpents, as practised by people in India, known by the appellation of Cunjoors, and their method of curing themselves when bitten. With remarks on hydrophobia and rabid animals. by Johnson, Daniel - 1822

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longman,hurst,rees,orme,and browne great torrington 1822. first edition 261pp VG- (marbled paper boards w.burgundy half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to corners and head of spine,several insect holes through binding and margins of contents,new eps,contents browned and mod.foxed)

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne. Very Good. 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. X, 261. Frontispiece of a tiger hunting scene. Bound in antique half dark red leather with red marbled paper covered boards. Gold spine titles and decorations and gilded top page edges and marbled endpapers. Description of the Frontispiece tipped in before the Preface. Both ends of spine and all corners rubbed. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown. Previous owner name of first free endpaper. Very occassional age spotting to pages. Daniel Johnson (1767-1835) was a British surgeon in the Bengal medical service of the British East India Company. He was assistant surgeon beginning in 1789 and was promoted to surgeon in 1805. He retired from the Bengal medical service in 1809. As Dr. Johnson mentions in the preface to this book, the events he describes and the information he gives comes from what he saw in India in the 1790s. Dr. Johnson describes the country, people, and customs of… Read More

London: Published for the Author by Robert Jennings, 1827. Second Edition. Hardcover. xii, 295pp. Rebound in full red cloth, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and four plates. A few smudges to front endpapers, mild foxing to text block. A clean, very good+ copy. ; Octavo.

London, England: Published for the author by Robert Jennings, 1827. Second Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. Handsome volume bound in leather with gilded spine and edges. Marbled end papers and a discreet book plate (Lytton Strachey?) inside the cover. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.