Thoughts on Hunting: in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
1802.
Item #14632
BECKFORD, PETER. Thoughts on Hunting: in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. London: For J. Debrett, 1802. 4to. [iii]-xiv, [1], 16-56, 43-56, 57-360 p. 3 engraved plates. Early 20th-century calf, spine gilt in compartments with sporting motif. Preface leaf misbound, hinges a bit scuffed, small chip at head of spine, endpapers and plates considerably foxed. Bookplate. "Fourth edition" of the book that Ernest Gee called "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library--as sound today as when it was written." The first edition was published in 1781. The plates depict an allegorical hunting scene and an elevation and floor plan of a hunting kennel. Gee, Sportsman's Library, p. 8.
Price: $300.00