"My First Brush with a Tiger" - Early Indian printing - "The Bengal Monthly Sporting Magazine" - Calcutta 1833 - J.H.Stocqueler manuscript Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

De Bry was known for being one of the best engravers of his age

Notes on Naning

Employed as a draughtsman

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"My First Brush with a Tiger" - Early Indian printing - "The Bengal Monthly Sporting Magazine" - Calcutta 1833 - J.H.Stocqueler manuscript Cherry Blossoms"The Bengal Monthly Sporting Magazine & General Register" Printed in Calcutta Number IV May Published 1st June 1833 Samuel Smith and Co Hare Street 1833 Written by J. H. Stocqueler Complete and unsophisticated copy. First few gatherings loose. TP, ii, 161 224, [Racing Calendar] xvi, [Bengal General Register] 101 130, 35 45 This very rare Calcutta imprint is one of the earliest Sporting journals published in India. The work was edited by James