Archery; Wood, Bowman's glory, 1691, contemporary morocco gilt; Ascham, Toxophilus, 1788; English archer, c.1780

ARCHERY

A collection of three works, comprising:

i. Wood, William. The Bow-mans Glory. London: George Larkin, 1691, 8vo, 2 parts in one, last leaf blank, contemporary black morocco gilt, gilt edges, [ESTC R217187 (2 copies)], slight stain in upper outer corner, slight

mark (?repair) to upper cover

ii. The English archer, or Robin Hood's garland. Lichfield: M. Morgan, [1780?], 12mo, woodcut on title, sewn, [ESTC T115050 (2 copies)], first and last leaf soiled, slight spotting

iii. Ascham, Roger. Toxophilus. Wrexham: R. Marsh, 1788, 8vo, loosely inserted is a single printed sheet "Archery. Proposal, for reprinting by subscription... Toxophilus... by Rev. John Norcross" [1792?, cropped at head with loss, ESTC T22363 (1 copy)], nineteenth-century half calf by Kelly, [ESTC T139768]

This second edition of Wood's Bow-mans glory is much rarer than the first of 1682.

PROVENANCE:

Wood and Ascham: both purchased from Bernard Quaritch, 10 January 1899, £2 and 16s respectively