A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. Thornton of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. The Sportsman's Library. Edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P.

(1804) 1896 new edition. 8vo (157 x 220mm). Ppxix,332. Colour and black and white plates by George Edward Lodge, and with engravings. Half-vellum, marbled boards, leather spine title-label, top edge gilt, uniform with other volumes in this series.

A new Sportsman's Library edition, edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, with coloured plates by G.E. Lodge, portraits and selections from the original illustrations. Has a number of passages on salmon and pike fishing, including one describing the capture of a huge pike. "Library Edition, Fifteen Shillings a Volume." A detailed account of a lavish expedition made, by land and sea, to the Scottish Highlands in 1786. Every day was spent in sport; coursing and shooting, hawking and fishing. There are a number of passages on trout, salmon and pike fishing, including one describing the capture of a huge pike. Thornton employed an artist, George Garrard, who made numerous drawings and paintings, some of which were used to produce the engravings in the book.