THE ART OF DEER-STALKING... By William Scrope. New Edition.

(1838) 1839 2nd edition. Large 8vo (165 x 263mm). Ppxx,440. Engraved plates by Sir Edwin and Charles Landseer. Green pictorial cloth gilt.

Full title:- "The Art of Deer-Stalking; Illustrated by a narrative of a few days' sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some account of the nature and habits of red deer, and a short description of the Scotch forests; legends; superstitions; stories of poachers and freebooters, etc., etc. By William Scrope, Esq., F.L.S., and member of the Academy of San' Luca, Rome. Illustrated by engravings and lithographs, after paintings by Edwin and Charles Landseer, Esqrs., and by the author". "In preparing this new Edition, I have made but very slight alterations in the text. Something new, however, has been added regarding the various species of the Cervus Elaphus, to which subject my attention was called by that eminent naturalist Mr. Yarrell; and I have inserted an engraving of some stag's horns, to render my meaning more obvious. Some improvement have been made in the Frontispiece, and in the Lithographs, which latter have been re-touched by Mr. Harding. I have now only to offer my best thanks for the very generous and indulgent manner in which the work has been received by the Press, and by the public". (From the author's preface to the second edition, July 1839).