London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. 8vo. 1822 - 1828. "Entirely appropriated to sporting subjects and fancy pursuits." Includes the rare June No. 1828 issue. This is a delightful, hard to find set covering a wide range of sports from hunting to horse racing to cock fighting to boxing and beyond. Beautifully bound in full tan calf with maroon leather title labels and tan leather volume labels to each spine. Elaborate hand-tooled gilt decoration to spines, edges, and inner edges of each volume. The compartments on each of the spines feature images of a fox, hound, raptor, or riding tack. The bindings are all signed Riviere. All volumes are in excellent condition with only minor wear to the exterior hinges and spine ends. Minor scuffing to boards of several vols. Overall, the interiors are very clean and bright, though the pages facing plates have minor browning. There is minor foxing to several pages in a few vols. The verso of the ffep of vol. I is inscribed in pencil with a long note detailing the volumes; possibly from a previous book seller. Pages are fully edged in gilt. All vols. contain many vignettes along with 11 to 12 plates per volume (total of 152). Approximately 50 of the plates have been skillfully handcoloured, while the others remain B&W. There is an insert after the title page of Vol. I containing directions to the binder for placing plates in Vol. I; this is believed to be unique, as no other set has been recorded with it. A similiar insert exists in Vol. III. All vols. are tightly bound. Photographs are available upon request. SPORT/081205. Very Good Plus