[Etchings] [LANDSEERS ETCHINGS]. 1 volume containing a series of 17 etchings by Edwin Landseer (Br., 1802-73). India proofs. Wording of publication statement below lower border varies, but first plate is “London Published 22d March 1848 by E. Gambart & Co. 25 Burness Street-Oxford-Street.” Most have “E. Gambart/ London” blindseal in lower margin. Many images have dates in early-mid 1820’s in image. Etchings are: ++ Return from Deer Stalking. ++ Woburn Abbey Game Card. ++ No. 3 untitled, but 6 tiny hunting scenes. ++ Landscape. ++ The Sweeps. ++ The Frog. ++ Low Life. ++ The Traveller’s Rest.++ The Mountain Torrent.++ The Watchman. ++ The Four Dog Heads. ++ The Donkeys. ++ The Ladies Pets. ++ The Beggar.++ The Warren. ++ The Eagle. ++The Highland Shepherd’s Dog.++ Folio. Contemp ½ leather and marbled board. Title above is from bookbinder on spine. Mounted to ffep is a handwritten note “This beautiful Series of Etchings by Mr Edwin Landseer, the great painter of Animal Life, were etched by him nearly Thirty years since._ Single impressions before their publication for sale in 1848 have been sold for eight and even ten guineas each, so highly were they prized._ Few impressions having been taken from the plates previously to publication rendered them highly prized cuiousities to Amateurs.” As expected for the mid-1800s, there is no limitation statement, but Allibone stated that 100 copies issued in 1848, as cited in a 1967 bookseller’s description taped to front pastedown above an earlier bookplate). Below that is an earlier bookplate (“Lord Northwick” of Northwick Park fame, with armorial symbol and “Par Tuernis Suppar,” printed or engraved). Foxed. Binding worn, losses to spine, joints split.