Sothebys: THE RENOWNED COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS & DRAWINGS relating to HUNTING, HAWKING AND SHOOTING Formed by the late C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, Esq. of Old Alresford House, Hants. THE SECOND PORTION THE SPORTING PRINTS., 19Jun1939,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 19, 1939 - June 19, 1939

Page Size: 662 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
617		Anonymous : Fox Hunting		GBP -	7.10
618		Anonymous (18th Century) : Caricatures on the Manners and Cus-toms of the 18th Century		GBP -	3.05
619	T. L. Atkinson	The Poltimore Hunt (2nd Lord Poltimore)		GBP -	Not Sold
620	Jan van den Avelen	The Prospect of the Town of Hamilton		GBP -	1.00
621	H. Baldung Grün	Die Hirschjagd im Loerserwald	1543	GBP -	44.00
622	W. Barnard	Whisker, a celebrated Pointer		GBP -	2.15
623	W. W. Barney	Fowling		GBP -	3.15
624	F. Bartolozzi and S. Alken	The Return from Shooting (the Duke of Newcastle)		GBP -	44.00
625	T. M. Baynes	The Fox in the Pantry (an incident of the Hampshire Hunt)		GBP -	0.05
626	E. Bell	Fox Hunting--Going Out, Going into Cover, The Check and The Death		GBP -	145.00
627	E. Bell	Fox Hunting--The Death		GBP -	6.10
628	S. della Bella	Sporting Plates		GBP -	0.18
629	Benard	Shooting Subjects (including one Fox Hunting)		GBP -	9.00
630	C. Bentley	Fox Hunting--Going to Cover, Full Cry, The Leap, and The Death	1828	GBP -	85.00
631	A. Bes and F. Dubreuil	Shooting		GBP -	0.12
632	H. Birche	Gamekeepers		GBP -	6.00
633	C. F. Boetius	Grundriss von der Mutzschner Heyde bey St. Hubert-usberg		GBP -	0.05
634	H. Cock	Hans Bol : Stag Hunt	1562	GBP -	1.05
635	P. Galle	Hans Bol. : Venationis, Piscationis, et Aucupii Typi		GBP -	6.05
636	H. P. Bone	John Giffin, Under-Keeper of East Hainault Walk in Waltham Forest		GBP -	5.10
637	J. D. Bonnefoy	The Wood Boy, and The Straw Girl		GBP -	0.15
638	P. Bout	A Hawking Party, and Louis dé France		GBP -	2.05
639	Carington Bowles	Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger		GBP -	3.15
640	Carington Bowles	Coursing--Returning Home with the Hare		GBP -	1.05
641	Carington Bowles	Reynard's Last Shift		GBP -	0.10
642	Carington Bowles	Uncoupling the Hounds		GBP -	1.08
643	Carington Bowles	Fox Hunting; Partridge Shooting; and Wood-cock Shooting		GBP -	4.15
644	Carington Bowles	Rubbing down after a Fox-Chace; and The Squire thrown out		GBP -	5.00
645	Carington Bowles	A Soft Tumble after a Hard Ride		GBP -	0.15
646	Carington Bowles	The Female Fox Hunter		GBP -	1.00
647	Carington Bowles	Hunting and Shooting Prints, and Seymour's Twelve Prints of Hunters and Running Horses		GBP -	5.05
648	Bowles and Carver published by	Fox, Stag and Hare Hunting		GBP -	6.10
649	J. Bretherton	The Easter Hunt in Epping Forest		GBP -	0.08
650	F. Bromley	The Meeting of Her Majesty's Stag Hounds on Ascot Heath		GBP -	1.00
651	H. K. Browne, Phiz	A Run with the Stag-Hounds		GBP -	2.05
652	P. Brueghel	Shooting	1566	GBP -	48.00
653	P. Bülow	Fox Hunting, Stag Hunting and Boar Hunting		GBP -	Not Sold
654	H. W. Bunbury	The Easter Hunt at Epping Forest		GBP -	1.10
655	T. Burford	Fox Hunting		GBP -	4.00
656	T. Burford	Cock Shooting; The Setting Dog and Partridges		GBP -	6.15
657	T. Burford	Sporting mezzotints	1752	GBP -	4.10
658	T. Burford	Fox Hunting		GBP -	4.00
659	T. Burford	Fox Hunting		GBP -	7.00
660	T. Burford	Unkenneling the Fox-Hounds; and Digging for the Fox		GBP -	6.00
661	T. Burford	Shooting and Coursing		GBP -	7.10
662	H. Burgkmair	The Emperor Maximilian shooting with a Crossbow		GBP -	5.00
663	M. de Bye	Hunting Scenes		GBP -	1.10
664	J. Callot	La Grande Chasse (M. 711)		GBP -	2.02
665	P. C. Canot	Fox Hunting		GBP -	1.00
666	G. Carfrae	Easter Hunt, The Easter Hunt; Hare Hunting		GBP -	1.02
667	G. Carpioni	Cybele, with Cupid, stag and hound		GBP -	0.05
668	G. Catlin	Catlin Shooting Buffaloes, A Mid-day Halt on the Rio Trombutos, Brazil		GBP -	12.10
669	G. Catlin	Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio	1844	GBP -	21.00
670	G. Catlin	North American Indian Portfolio		GBP -	34.00
671	C. Catton	Partridge Shooting		GBP -	2.10
672	C. Catton and P. M. Alix	Shooting Plates--Chasse aux Becassines, Le Depart des Chasseurs; Le Repos des Chasseurs; Le Chasse au Faisant; Chasse aux Perdrix; and Chasse à la Becasse		GBP -	5.10
673	F. Chapman	Black George		GBP -	0.10
674	Charles	Le Chasseur Polonais		GBP -	1.05
675		The Family's Distress occasioned by the Loss of a Child; and the Family's Happiness restored by their Child's Return		GBP -	2.05
676	H. Cock	The Maze		GBP -	3.05
677		A Collaert : Twelve Hunting Prints		GBP -	3.10
678	A. Cooper	Engravings of Animals, Birds, etc.		GBP -	0.10
679	L. Cranach	A Boar Hunt		GBP -	3.10
680	L., Cranach	Adam and Eve--the Fall		GBP -	10.00
681	L. Cranach	The Penance of St. John Chrysostom		GBP -	1.00
682	L. Cranach	The Stag Hunt		GBP -	1.15
683	G. Cruikshank	Caricature Ornament for Screens, A Shooting Party and A Fishing Party		GBP -	0.10
684	I. Cruikshanks	The Sportsmen's Departure; and The Sportsmen Resting		GBP -	0.05
685	I. R. Cruikshank	Mr. John Andrews, Falconer, at Barrochaw, Renfrewshire		GBP -	3.15
686	I. R. Cruikshank	Mr. John Anderson, Falconer, at Barrochaw, Renfrewshire		GBP -	1.10
687	I. R. Cruikshank	Old English Sports		GBP -	5.05
688	A. Dallinger	Two Setters in front of a Covey of Partridges		GBP -	1.02
689		Danesi : The Chesterfield Hunt at Rome		GBP -	0.10
690	H. Daumier	Croquis de Chasse		GBP -	0.10
691	R. B. Davis	Hunter's Annual		GBP -	40.00
692	R. B. Davis	Hunter's Annual		GBP -	8.00
693	R. B. Davis	Hunter's Annual		GBP -	115.00
694	W. Day	The Hunter's Return, A Sports-man Shooting from a road, Kangaroo Hunting, Der Letzte Jäger; An Archery Club Meeting, The Fatal Shot, Mount Abrupt and the Grampians, Finding a Dead Shot	circa 1840	GBP -	1.05
695	P. L. Debucourt	Le Chasseur; Le Départ du Chasseur; Le Chasseur au Tirer; and Le Retour du Chasseur		GBP -	3.00
696	P. L. Debucourt	A Huntsman in a Forest		GBP -	Not Sold
697	A. G. Decamps	L'An de Grace, and Colas	1840	GBP -	Not Sold
698	F. Delpech	Chiens de Chasse		GBP -	0.05
699	F. Delpech	Croquis Lithographique par H. Vernet		GBP -	10.10
700	F. Delpech	Croquis Lithographique par H. Vernet		GBP -	9.00
701	F. Delpech	Accidents de Chasse		GBP -	9.10
702	Lowes Dickinson	John Booth		GBP -	6.00
703	R. Dodd	Wood-cock Shooting		GBP -	6.00
704	M. Dubourg	Royal Hunt in Windsor Park; and His Majesty King George III returning from Hunting		GBP -	16.00
705	M. Dubourg	Grouse Shooting	June 15, 1822	GBP -	17.00
706	J. Le Ducq	Etchings of Sporting Dogs	1661	GBP -	2.10
707	E. Duncan	Shooting		GBP -	5.00
708	E. Duncan and C. Rosenberg	The Death and Burial of Tom Moody		GBP -	12.10
709	R. Dunkarton	John Monk, the Herefordshire Huntsman		GBP -	0.05
710	A. Dürer	St. Hubert		GBP -	39.00
711		Duthé : Le Moment de la Chasse; and Le Repos après la Chasse		GBP -	2.05
712		Duthé : La Chasse au Cerf; and La Chasse au Renard		GBP -	Not Sold
713	Jean Duvet, Maître a la Licorne	Four Subjects connected with the Unicorn		GBP -	170.00
714	R. Earlom	Meleager and Atalanta		GBP -	Not Sold
715	Adam East	Thirty-two Sporting Subjects representing Dogs and Animals of the Chase		GBP -	0.05
716	W. Eeles	Dead Game, and Dead Game		GBP -	Not Sold

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