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
1017	T. Rowlandson	Going out in the Morning; and Return'd from a Fox Chase		GBP -	1.05
1018	T. Rowlandson	The Huntsman		GBP -	4.00
1019	T. Rowlandson	Breaking Cover		GBP -	3.00
1020	T. Rowlandson	Sportsman's Hall		GBP -	Not Sold
1021	T. Rowlandson	Sportsman's Hall		GBP -	1.00
1022	T. Rowlandson	Fox Hunting, 1787, a set of four		GBP -	36.00
1023	T. Rowlandson	The Poacher		GBP -	0.10
1024	T. Rowlandson	Neck or Nothing--Tally Ho; The City Hunt, Easter Monday, or the Cockney Hunt; En raged Vicar; The Huntsman Rising; Parson Adams engaged in a perilous hunting Adventure; Stag Hunting; Six Classes of that Noble and Useful Animal a Horse, Rural Sports, and D		GBP -	4.00
1025	T. Rowlandson	Fox Hunting--The Death		GBP -	0.10
1026	T. Rowlandson	Hare Hunting, and In Full Cry, The Epping Hunt, A Huntsman, and City Foulers-Mark		GBP -	1.10
1027	T. Rowlandson	The Chase; The Death; and A Fox Chace		GBP -	6.00
1028	G. P. Rugendas	Three Sporting Plates, and two others by the same--Hawking and Stag Hunting		GBP -	0.10
1029	G. P. Rugendas senior	A Stag Hunt; and A Boar Hunt		GBP -	0.10
1030	G. P. Rugendas junior	Hunting Scenes		GBP -	3.00
1031	J. L. Rugendas	Stag Hunting		GBP -	10.00
1032	L. C. Ruotte	Le Départ pour la Chasse; and La Retour de la Chasse		GBP -	1.00
1033	Sir R. F. Russell	Sketches of Deer-Stalking in the Highlands	1839	GBP -	2.00
1034	J. Ryman, Oxford pub. by	The Oxford Drag	1848	GBP -	21.00
1035	I. S.	A Falconer, The Marchioness of Buckingham, Actaeon surprising Diana, Venationes		GBP -	0.10
1036	Justus Sadeler	Animalium Quadrupedum Omnis Generis Verae et Artificiosissimae Delineationis		GBP -	2.00
1037	J. Saenredam	Emblema Hodierni rerum status in Belgica Foederata (an allegory representing the victory of Maurice of Nassau over the Spaniards)		GBP -	Not Sold
1038	Sayer and Bennett pub. by	Snipe Shooting		GBP -	2.00
1039	H. Schauffelein	The Emperor Maximilian hunting Chamois		GBP -	1.10
1040	F. Schelver	Shooting		GBP -	Not Sold
1041	Albrecht Schmidt	Stag Hunting		GBP -	Not Sold
1042	A. Schmidt pub. by	Fourteen Sporting engravings by unknown artists		GBP -	1.05
1043	J. Schmisek	Sporting Vignettes		GBP -	Not Sold
1044	A. Schrödl	Die Beendete Hirschjagd		GBP -	Not Sold
1045	C. Schulz	Shooting Scenes		GBP -	1.00
1046	J. Scott	Otter Hunting		GBP -	2.00
1047	J. Scott	Tom Oldacre, the Berkeley Huntsman, after Cooper, bust portrait		GBP -	3.10
1048	J. Seymour	Twelve Prints of Fox and Hare Hunting, etc.		GBP -	1.10
1049	Johann Sibmacher	Hunting and Fishing Scenes		GBP -	2.05
1050	I. Silvestre	Vue du Chateau de Fontainebleau		GBP -	0.10
1051	W. H. Simmons	The Bedale Hunt		GBP -	1.00
1052	W. H. Simmons	The Vine Hunt		GBP -	Not Sold
1053	W. H. Simmons	Sir Richard Sutton and the Quorn Hounds		GBP -	1.05
1054	T. Simpson published by	Duck Shooting		GBP -	6.10
1055	L. Loraine Smith	Fox Hunting--Sic itur ad Catulos; Imitation of Hunting; A Select Party; and The Most Modern Way of riding to Hounds		GBP -	11.10
1056	L. Loraine Smith	Sunt quos curriculo pulverum Olympicum Collegisse juvat		GBP -	1.00
1057	I. Sonntag	Malerische Reitscenen, hunting scenes		GBP -	3.10
1058	G. B. Spalding	Meet of the Hampshire Hunt at the Grange, Northington, Alresford		GBP -	2.15
1059	C. R. Stock	A Day with a South Country Pack		GBP -	5.00
1060	A. Strassgschwandtner	A Stag Hunt		GBP -	Not Sold
1061	A. Strassgschwandtner	Jagd-Album		GBP -	5.00
1062	A. Strassgschwandtner	Jagd-Abenteuer		GBP -	3.00
1063	G. Stubbs	The Death of the Doe (Freeman, keeper to the Earl of Clarendon)		GBP -	Not Sold
1064	A. Suntach	Shooting		GBP -	1.00
1065	T. Sutherland	Pigeon Shooting		GBP -	0.10
1066	T. Sutherland	Shooting--Partridge, Grouse, Wild Duck and Bittern		GBP -	40.00
1067	T. Sutherland	Wild Duck Shooting		GBP -	2.00
1068	T. Sutherland	Fox Hunting, Unkennel ling; Breaking Cover; Full Cry; and the Death	1813	GBP -	130.00
1069	T. Sutherland	Fox Hunting, Drawing a Cover; Gone Away; The Leap; Full Cry; The Death; The Refreshment; and The Toast	1818	GBP -	130.00
1070	T. Sutherland	Shooting--Going Out; Game Found; Dogs brought the Game; and Reloading and Refreshing		GBP -	80.00
1071	T. Sutherland	Shooting--Grouse, Pheasant, Partridge and Wild Duck	1820	GBP -	70.00
1072	T. Sutherland and J. Stewart	Coursing		GBP -	46.00
1073	T. Sutherland	Fox Hunting	1817	GBP -	130.00
1074	Monogramist A.G.T.	Two boats and dogs driving birds into a decoy	1639	GBP -	Not Sold
1075	Franz Täubert	La Chasse par force au Sanglier, de Sa Majesté le Roi de Saxe		GBP -	0.10
1076	A. Tempesta	Wild Boar Hunt, a Stag Hunt in the distance		GBP -	3.10
1077	A. Tempesta	Wolf and Deer Hunt		GBP -	Not Sold
1078	A. Tempesta	Plures variae Venationes		GBP -	1.15
1079	A. Tempesta	Hunting Scenes		GBP -	0.15
1080	A. Tempesta	Venationes	1608	GBP -	1.00
1081	A. Tempesta	Aucupationis Multifariae Effigies	1639	GBP -	3.15
1082	A. Tempesta	Hunting and Shooting Scenes		GBP -	0.15
1083	E. P. Thoman von Hagelstein	Ostrich, Tiger, Monkey and Crocodile Hunting		GBP -	0.10
1084	T. H. Thoman von Hagelstein	The Seasons		GBP -	1.05
1085	T. H. Thoman von Hagelstein	Combats of Wild Animals		GBP -	0.10
1086	T. H. Thoman von Hagelstein	Roedeer Shooting; A Hunter's Repast; Fallow Deer Hunting; Chamois Hunting; and Boar Hunting		GBP -	1.00
1087	E. P. Thoman von Hagelstein	Wolf, Fox, Hare and Badger Hunting		GBP -	3.00
1088	P. Thomas	The Old Berkshire Hunt		GBP -	0.10
1089	J. Thomson	The Morning of the Chase		GBP -	Not Sold
1090	Thouvenin	The Happy Family; and Rustic Employment		GBP -	4.00
1091	Jan Tiel published by	Alte Straffe Heeren Doen Haer Gunst In Haet Verkeeren		GBP -	0.10
1092	P. Tillemans	A View of the House and Part of the Park of his Grace ye Duke of Kingston at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire		GBP -	1.10
1093	C. Tilt published by	Sporting Sketches		GBP -	1.05
1094	M. Trentsensky	Der Jagdliebhaber--Shooting		GBP -	0.15
1095	M. Trentsensky	Jagd-Scenen--Shooting Scenes		GBP -	0.15
1096	M. Trentsensky	Jagd Unfälle--Shooting Accidents, and Die Niedere Jagd--Ground Game Shooting		GBP -	0.15
1097	M. Trentsensky	Die Wilddiebe		GBP -	0.15
1098	M. Trentsensky	Jagd-Album--Shooting		GBP -	1.00
1099	M. Trentsensky	Fox Hunting		GBP -	0.15
1100	M. Trentsensky	Jagd Blätter		GBP -	Not Sold
1101	M. Trentsensky	Hare and Fox Hunting		GBP -	Not Sold
1102	C. Turner	The Hampshire Hunt		GBP -	21.00
1103	C. Turner	The Hampshire Hunt		GBP -	7.00
1104	C. Turner	The Hampshire Hunt		GBP -	11.00
1105	C. Turner	Pointers		GBP -	3.10
1106	C. Turner	Coursing, Going Out; Finding; Coursing; and The Death	1821	GBP -	190.00
1107	C. Turner	Sancho, Celebrated Pointer		GBP -	3.10
1108	C. Turner	Philip Payne, huntsman to the Duke of Beaufort		GBP -	8.10
1109	C. TURNER	HAWKING		GBP -	110.00
1110	C. Turner	Hawking		GBP -	1.00
1111	C. Turner	John Warde Esqre. of Squerries		GBP -	Not Sold
1112	C. Turner	Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland		GBP -	0.10
1113	J. Umbach	Wild Boar Hunting; and Fowling		GBP -	Not Sold
1114	F. M. Veith	Der Schnepfenstrich (migration of the woodcock)		GBP -	Not Sold
1115	Jan van de Velde	The Four Elements		GBP -	0.10
1116	Vernet, H.	Le Saut		GBP -	1.00

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