Item #13291 Sketches of Indian field sports: with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents, as practiced by the conjoors, and their method of curing themselves when bitten. Daniel Johnson.
Sketches of Indian field sports: with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents, as practiced by the conjoors, and their method of curing themselves when bitten...

Sketches of Indian field sports: with observations on the animals: also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants: with a description of the art of catching serpents, as practiced by the conjoors, and their method of curing themselves when bitten...

London: published for the author by Robert Jennings, 1827. Second edition, "to which is added an account of hunting the wild boar," 8vo, pp. xii, 295; engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved plates; with a smaller leaf descriptive of the frontispiece tipped-in just before it; original boards rebacked, most of original spine laid down, original paper label chipped; a good, sound copy. First published in 1822 under the title, Field Sports as followed by the Natives of India. Item #13291

Price: $650.00

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