The Laws Concerning Game Of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling &c. And of Forests, Chases, Parks, Warrens, Deer, Doves, Dove-cites, Conies: ....
Nelson, William
London: Henry Lintot, 1751. Early Edition The fourth edition. 12mo. xvii,(1),255,(37) and with an initial and a final advertisement leaf. Sometime bound in full black morocco; spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; one compartment with gilt rifles, another with what appears to be a beaver. Gilt inner dentelles; marbled endpapers. Text block lightly stained; upper hinge neatly mended; else a near fine copy. First published in 1727, this treatise was expanded and reprinted until 1762 and remains an exposition of the laws pertaining to game of the time (though Lowndes considered his law books obsolete). ESTC T131308. Near fine Hardcover (Item ID: 17103)
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