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[HUNTING-INDIA] STOCQUELER, J.H.-editor. The Bengal Sporting Magazine and Bengal Register for the year 1833 [1834-1845].

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[HUNTING-INDIA] STOCQUELER, J.H.-editor. The Bengal Sporting Magazine and Bengal Register for the year 1833 [1834-1845].

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Lot 457
[HUNTING-INDIA] STOCQUELER, J.H.-editor. The Bengal Sporting Magazine and Bengal Register for the year 1833 [1834-1845].
Calcutta: William Rushton [etc.], the Englishman's Press, 1833-December 1845. First editions. 24 volumes, modern three-quarters calf, marbled sides. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 22.5 cm); various paginations, lithographic plates throughout, some folding. Some toning, minor restorations etc. Bindings not uniform throughout. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
One of the definitive accounts of sporting life in India at the period, illustrated with often rather crude lithographic plates, this is a rare complete run of the work. It was published as the successor to the Oriental Sporting Magazine. Podeschi Books on the horse and horsemanship A19; Huth Works on horses and equitation 118.


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