A History of the Forest or Chace, known by the name of Cranborn Chace, collected from authentic early records … [With:] Appendix to the History of Cranborn Chace
- Pp. viii, 132, [1, errata], [1, blank]; 2 [Appendix]. 1 vols. 8vo
- Gillingham: Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1834
Gillingham: Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1834. First edition. Pp. viii, 132, [1, errata], [1, blank]; 2 [Appendix]. 1 vols. 8vo. Black morocco spine and drab boards. Minor traces of rubbing at extremities, else fine. Bookplate. First edition. Pp. viii, 132, [1, errata], [1, blank]; 2 [Appendix]. 1 vols. 8vo. History of Cranborn Forest or chace (deer preserve) in Dorsetshire and the laws pertaining to the herd of fallow deer in the region.
WIth a two-page Appendix inserted at end, dated 1834 and bearing the imprint of Bastable, Printer, Shaftesbury, and recording the circumstances of the book’s composition by “a retired Agriculturalist”, and how in the year following its publication, a legal action between a landowner and “the noble proprietor of the deer” came to trial; the decision resulted in the disenfranchisement of Cranborn Chace, and “At this period, Midsummer, 1834, the deer are almost wholly extirpated, — the full use of the lands is restord to the proprietors of the soil, — and the country is released from many grievances formerly incident to the system of forest or chace.”
Uncommon. Upcott 608*
WIth a two-page Appendix inserted at end, dated 1834 and bearing the imprint of Bastable, Printer, Shaftesbury, and recording the circumstances of the book’s composition by “a retired Agriculturalist”, and how in the year following its publication, a legal action between a landowner and “the noble proprietor of the deer” came to trial; the decision resulted in the disenfranchisement of Cranborn Chace, and “At this period, Midsummer, 1834, the deer are almost wholly extirpated, — the full use of the lands is restord to the proprietors of the soil, — and the country is released from many grievances formerly incident to the system of forest or chace.”
Uncommon. Upcott 608*