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[Illustrated English]. First edition ofGamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game of 1837 by Lawrence Rawstorne with 15 aquatint plates with coeval coloring based on Rawlins' design. Also in the lotThe Dance of Life by William Combe from 1817 with vignette on title page, antiporta and 24 color plates outside text copperplate etched in aquatint by Rowlandson, and the first volume of the work The Franco-Prussian War, edited by Captain H.M. Hozier from about 1870. (3)

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[Illustrated English]. First edition ofGamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game of 1837 by Lawrence Rawstorne with 15 aquatint plates with coeval coloring based on Rawlins' design. Also in the lotThe Dance of Life by William Combe from 1817 with vignette on title page, antiporta and 24 color plates outside text copperplate etched in aquatint by Rowlandson, and the first volume of the work The Franco-Prussian War, edited by Captain H.M. Hozier from about 1870. (3)

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