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Lot 37
A set of four Royal Crown Derby figures, The Elements, Water stands barefoot holding a fishing net in her right hand and securing a catch of fish in her folded skirt; Earth, a gardener stands leaning against a spade wearing broad brimmed hat and striped shirt holding a cabbage and bunch of grapes; Fire, stands wearing broad brimmed hat, waistcoat and breeches holding aloft in his left hand a torch, a faggot in his right hand; Air, holding a bird aloft and a trumpet, each on canted square and Greek key bases
![[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books... Hereunto is](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/eb01b961-dd44-4022-93a5-ad8900ff91e1/6b9983cf-1564-4c7c-b523-ad8a011f70ca/468x382.jpg)
Lot 49
[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books... Hereunto is Likewise Added the Art of Angling, 4 parts in one volume, T. Mabb for William Shears, 1654, separate title to each part (parts 2 & 4, A Perfect Platform of a Hop-Garden / The Art of Angling, both dated 1653), parts 3 and 4 with separate pagination and register, some wood engravings to text of first two parts, 22 full-page engravings to third part (The Expert Gardener) and final 4 leaves of this part misbound (pp. 51-54, 47-50), some spotting and light browning throughout but signatures D and K of first part more heavily browned, one and then two pinhead wormholes to lower blank margins not affecting text, beginning signature R of second part and continuing to the end, contemporary marbled boards with calf tips (some wear), old calf reback with leather spine label, 4to (190 x 140mm)Qty: (1)NOTESWestwood & Satchell pp. 66-67; Wing B783, 784, C1700, S946. A rare complete copy of Barker's treatise on garden horticulture, including the important fourth part, a pre-Waltonian section devoted to angling. This is the second edition of that treatise which was first published in 1651 and is of legendary rarity in that edition. Barker, who made a living as an angling tutor, suggested that ‘fishing far surpasses all other recreations in promoting health and pleasure. The text offers much hard practical advice on fish species, tackle and bait, together with recipes, including pike with stewed oysters, and employs a successful formula for angling writing which has been much copied subsequently’ (ODNB).
![* Sporting Prints. A collection of approximately 110 engravings, 19th century [but later restrikes], hand-coloured engravings](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/eb01b961-dd44-4022-93a5-ad8900ff91e1/d69e09a7-e51a-4be7-92c7-ad8a01209203/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1231
Henry Wilkinson, Limited Edition hand coloured etching, No. 127 of 250, figure fishing, signed in pencil by the artist, gilt framed, 10ins x 14ins, together with a larger gilt framed coloured print titled ' Trout Fishing ', 27ins x 18ins and a Limited Edition print, No. 38 of 850, fish in water, signed by the artist A.B. Hayman, 16ins x 11ins, framed
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