Exeter Flying Post, Annals of Sporting advertisement (1823)

ANNALS OF SPORTING. Published on the first of every Month, price 2s. 6d. each Number. THE ANNALS of SPORTING and FANCY GAZETTE; a Magazine entirely appropriated to Sporting Subjects and Fancy Pursuits; containing every Thing worthy of Remark on Hunting, Fishing, Single Stick, Rowing, Shooting, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Sailing, Coursing, Pugilism, Cricket, &c. &c. Racing, Billiards, Accompanied with Striking Representations of the Various Subjects. Drawn and Engraved by Eminent Artists. This Work is elegantly printed on a fine Paper. The Drawings are made from life by the most esteemed Artists; and the representation of Field Sports are either engraved in the fine manner, or beautifully coloured after Nature, which, from their very superior execution, have the effect of so many “Animated Pictures.” The Work is further illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood; and the Subjects include the best breeds of Horses and Dogs used in the Field; also every species of known Game in the habitable world. The Number for September is embellished with a beautiful plate of “Game Shooting,” engraved in Landseer’s best manner; and the other Numbers are enriched with suitable Engravings, appropriate to the various Subjects in season. Every six Numbers form a Volume, price 17s. each, handsomely half-bound, in which is recorded every occurrence and improvement connected with Field Sports, subsequently to January, 1822, furnishing a complete Register of Sporting Subjects. London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-Row; and Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country.