Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton … with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, and Extravagant Exploits, by Nimrod
- With 12 hand colored plates by Henry Alken. 1 vols. 8vo
- London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First edition in book form. With 12 hand colored plates by Henry Alken. 1 vols. 8vo. Full red levant, borad with double gilt rule borders, spine gilt, t.e.g. Fine copy (three plates trimmed close along imprint at fore edge). Cloth slipcase. First edition in book form. With 12 hand colored plates by Henry Alken. 1 vols. 8vo. The career of "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) is the apotheosis of Regency eccentricity. Born to wealth and position, he plunged into a life of headlong extravagance, and his fearless, heedless nature drew him to exploits that approached, and later transcended, the irrational.
Nimrod's sympathetic biography contains 12 remarkable plates by Henry Alken illustrating incidents in the life and death of the sportsman. Although subsequent editions increased the number of plates, the first edition contains three scenes that were not used again: Mytton shooting in Winter, Blood on the Bull Dog, and Mytton masters the savage dog.
CHOICE COPY OF A SPORTING CLASSIC. Tooley 66; Schwerdt I, p. 38; Tally Ho! 400 Years of Foxhunting, 61; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 20-21
Nimrod's sympathetic biography contains 12 remarkable plates by Henry Alken illustrating incidents in the life and death of the sportsman. Although subsequent editions increased the number of plates, the first edition contains three scenes that were not used again: Mytton shooting in Winter, Blood on the Bull Dog, and Mytton masters the savage dog.
CHOICE COPY OF A SPORTING CLASSIC. Tooley 66; Schwerdt I, p. 38; Tally Ho! 400 Years of Foxhunting, 61; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 20-21