Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend

  • Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani; 2 engraved plates at end. Half-title present. xiv, [15]-360 pp. 1 vols. 4to
  • London: J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. [Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden], 1802
By Beckford, Peter
London: J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. [Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden], 1802. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani; 2 engraved plates at end. Half-title present. xiv, [15]-360 pp. 1 vols. 4to (8-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches). Nineteenth century green full morocco, t.e.g., rest uncut, by Tout. Bookplate of John Kermack, Writer to the Signet. Beautiful copy. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani; 2 engraved plates at end. Half-title present. xiv, [15]-360 pp. 1 vols. 4to (8-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches). The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. This edition not in Schwerdt (for first edition, cf. vol. I, p. 56); Gee, Sportsman's Library p. 8 (“The corner-stone of a huntsman's library”); Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 40-41

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