A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. Thornton of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. The Sportsman's Library. Edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P. Large paper issue.

(1804) 1896 new edition, large-paper issue. 4to (191 x 269mm). Ppxix,332. Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates plus b/w white plates by George Edward Lodge, and with engravings, rough-cut edges. Rebound in half leather.

"A new edition with coloured plates by G.E. Lodge, portraits and selections from the original illustrations." This is the large-paper issue, with the colour plates tipped in. A contemporary advertisement states a limitation of 200 copies (Swift states 250). Colonel Thornton's account of his tour includes a number of passages on salmon and pike fishing, including one describing the capture of a huge pike. A detailed account of a lavish expedition made, by land and sea, to the Scottish Highlands in 1786. Every day was spent in sport; coursing and shooting, hawking and fishing. There are a number of passages on trout, salmon and pike fishing, including one describing the capture of a huge pike. Thornton employed an artist, George Garrard, who made numerous drawings and paintings, some of which were used to produce the engravings in the book.