RAWSTORNE, Lawrence (1774-1850). Gamonia: or, The Art of Preserving Game. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8vo (232 x 149mm). Half-title, errata slip. 15 hand-colored and finished aquatint plates by and after J. T. Rawlins. (Final text leaf heavily toned from morocco cover bound in.) Late 19th-century morocco gilt by Morrell for Scribners, with original morocco covers bound in at end (joints a little dried, slight wear to head of spine, upper hinge starting); morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION of a work celebrated for its "unusually attractive" shooting scenes (Schwerdt). As noted by Eric Parker in the preface to the 1930 edition "Gamonia is valuable not only for its rarity and charm, it is the first treatise devoted solely to the subject of pheasant rearing, covert shooting, and the management of woodlands for the special purpose of preserving game". Abbey, Life 392; Chute 536; Schwerdt II, p. 127; Tooley 393.