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BLEW, William.
Robert Vyner.
Notitia Venatica : A Treatise On Fox-Hunting.
A hunting classic, with particular emphasis on the care and use of hounds. The author having been 'some time Master of the North Warwickshire and Holderness Hounds.'
- Published
- London: George Routledge and Sons, 1910.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: George Routledge and Sons, 1910.
- Ref
- 311
Limited Edition A New Edition; Illustrations: 12 tissue-guarded hand-coloured illustrations by Henry Alken. Dimensions: 270 x 180 mm (11 x 7 inches) - 238pp; 184pp. Attractive green hardback cloth cover with vignette gilt fox decorations to upper board; gilt top edge; title and gilt devices to spine; Good condition plus, without dustwrapper. Cover very lightly rubbed and bumped. Browning to endpapers; some spotting to page ends. Contents tight. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. Fox Hunting - The Stream. 2. Hunter & Hounds. 3. "He was actually roasted & brought to table." 4. "One favourite actually jumped up on the horse's quarters & licked his master's face." 5. "A dreadful bore to one who is not an admirer of the symmetrical." 6. "My first brush." Volume 2. 7. Frontispiece. Fox Hunting - The Start. 8. "And sure enough, he did come attended by his three sons." 9. "Ned the whipper-in descended with great gallantry." 10. "It was a deep woodland where we found." 11. "A man climbs part of the way up the tree, & holds under him some damp straw or hay which is lighted." 12. Fox Hounds - The Finish.