ALKEN, Henry.

The Seven Ages of the Horse.

Name: The Seven Ages of the Horse.
Brand: ALKEN, Henry.
SKU: 110338
Price: 4816.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Stock Code 110338

London S. and J. Fuller, 1825

$4,816.00 - $4,816.00

$4,816.00

$4,816.00 - $4,816.00

$4,816.00

Alken's echoing of Shakespeare's seven ages of man. This reworking of The High Mettled Racer depicts the horse as foal, colt, race horse, hunter, etc.

First edition; landscape 4to; 7 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Alken; occasional foxing and light staining, one margin repaired, later cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, a good copy.

Bobins 759 (this copy); Dixon 80; Mellon/Snelgrove 62; Tooley 48.

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