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The Cabinet of Natural History, and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. 1832-1833
Volumes 2 & 3 combined
The first color plate sporting book printed in America in a three-quarter dark green Moroccoand marbled boards, spines gilt; toning to pages, some heavy, pages of biographical sketch of William Bartram brown, some spotting and staining throughout.
A few small paper tears
Good tight copy for almost 200 years old.
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[Doughty, John & Thomas].
Philadelphia: J. and T. Doughty, 1832, 1833.
First major American color plate sporting book and the first major book of any kind with colored lithographic plates printed in America, twenty-three original lithographs by Thomas Doughty, the founding father of the Hudson River School. The Cabinet of Natural History, \"an amalgam of natural history, sporting accounts, travel narratives, and practical advice for the countryman\" (Reese), was started by the brothers Thomas and John Doughty in Philadelphia. It was issued in monthly parts and ran from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834 when it abruptly ceased publication.
Bennett p. 35, “This is the first major sport print color plate book produced in America”. Henderson p. 40, “...First colored-plate sporting book printed in America.”
