The Sporting Dictionary, and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field

  • 5 plates. xii, 526, [2]; [iv] & 506, [2] pp. 2 vols. 8vo
  • London: for Vernor and Hood, 1803
By Taplin, William
London: for Vernor and Hood, 1803. 5 plates. xii, 526, [2]; [iv] & 506, [2] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Quarter modern brown calf and cloth. Fine, text with some toning, plates quite foxed. Signed Mr. Arthur Morgan, 1824. 5 plates. xii, 526, [2]; [iv] & 506, [2] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Rilings writes that Taplin's work is, " a true dictionary, but mainly on the horse and dog as used in 'riding the hounds.'" Schwerdt IV, p. 248; Riling 340; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 367

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