Antique Hunting Books

This is an antique book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford. An English language hard bound compendium of sporting letters, dating to the Georgian period, published 1810. An En...

The first edition of beloved children's author Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense poem, with the first issue of his 'An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice"' tipped in. ...

Deiker’s work was not limited to painting alone; he also illustrated numerous magazines and hunting books, contributing to the popular visual culture of the period.

He worked for The Field and for Vanity Fair, producing many of the hunting cartoons for the latter's famous series. He is known for his hunting pictures and wrote books about hunting...

He worked for The Field and for Vanity Fair, producing many of the hunting cartoons for the latter's famous series. He is known for his hunting pictures and wrote books about hunting...

These subjects, which had particular success in the Flemish context, are works of great charm, interesting to study and often difficult to decipher; protagonist of our canvas we see ...

Deiker was specialised in animal genres related to hunting and wildlife. He also illustrated magazines and books on hunting.

He drew for the Gartenlaube, the Salon, the Universum, and produced many of the finely illustrated hunting and animal books of the period. He also worked as a printmaker, while his o...