DANIEL, William Barker (1754-1833). Rural Sports, London, 1812-13, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in later red half morocco gilt. With 3 other books of related interest, attractively-bound. (7)

DANIEL, William Barker (1754-1833).  Rural Sports. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1812-13. 4 volumes including Supplement, large 8vo (248 x 150mm). 4 engraved titles, 70 wood-engraved plates, many folding, 2 folding tables (many plates browned, occasional light spotting, one text leaf in vol. one torn and repaired without loss). Attractively bound in later half scarlet morocco, the spines gilt with sporting motifs in the compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Philip and Phyllis Hill (armorial bookplate). The work first appeared, in 2 vols., in 1801. Brunet  II, 9: "Cet ouvrage, orné d' excellentes gravures, en partie de I. Scott, a eu beaucoup de succès"; Heckscher Catalogue 577 (citing the first edition of 1801-02), 578 (Supplement of the present ed.) and 579 (first 3 vols. of the present ed.): "[The supplement] contains anecdotes of fish and fishing and an account of the rivers of Great Britain"; Schwerdt I, p. 134. With 3 other books of related interest, namely J. K. Fowler's Echoes of Old County Life, being Recollections of Sport, Politics, and Farming in the Good Old Times (London, 1892, attractively bound in red half morocco gilt, NUMBER 83 OF 200 "LARGE PAPER" COPIES), W. Robinson's The English Flower Garden (London, reprinted November 1898, attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco with an elaborate foliate design in gilt on the spine) and P. D. Malloch's Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and Other Freshwater Fish (London, 1910, attractively bound in green half morocco with salmon motifs stamped in gilt in the spine compartments). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). (7)