280 - A Panorama of the Progress of Human Life Fashionably Displayed Illustrating "Shakespeare's Ages" and Exhibiting the Manners, Costume, Character and Field Sports of the English People. The Whole Illustrative of Modern Character, in a Series of Many Hundred Moving Figures. Published by S. and J. Fuller, 84 Rathbone Place. Privately Printed By the Author of "Hunting, Hawking, Shooting" 1930. This is Numbered 322 from an Edition of 400 Copies. Card Covers, Good Condition, Chips around Covers Five (5) Color Plates Illustrating the Appearance of the author's works. Alken's panoramic views were originally published in 1820 on rollers or mounted as a series of drawings. This is his most detailed work, 35 little pictures, each of a different subject. Alken also illustrated works such as "Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities". The Panorama was the forerunner of Nimrod's 'The Life of a Sportsman'. Alken drew his inspiration from the highest social and sporting circles. Preface by C.F.G.R. Schwerdt. Measures 13-3/4 Inches by 18 Inches. Shipping $37.00 (estimate $100-$200)