Rare seventeenth-nineteenth century books on horsemanship, falconry and hunting ...
Subtitle: public auction sale Tuesday and Wednesday, January 10 and 11 [1956]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1956
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Other titles: Rare XVII-XIX century books on horsemanship, falconry and hunting collected by the late Alfred B. Maclay
Notes: 575 lots.

Cover title: Rare XVII-XIX century books on horsemanship, falconry and hunting collected by the late Alfred B. Maclay.

"Sale number 1639"--Prelim.

Date of sale: January 10 and 11, 1956.

Bidding sheet tipped in.

" ... including the first issue, first edition of Alken's Natural Sports of Great Britain in contemporary binding, collected by the late Alfred B. Maclay, New York, sold by order of Mrs. Maclay. Together with first editions, standard sets, Americana, fine art and other books, including Louis XV's copy commemorating his coronation, colored by contemporary hand, from other sources."

Place of sale: New York.