1802 HUNTING Thoughts Peter Beckford FOX Hares Hunt

1802 HUNTING Thoughts Peter Beckford FOX Hares Hunt Hounds Dogs

Peter Beckford was an 18th-century British noble who is most remembered for his authoritative book on hunting ‘Thoughts Upon Hunting’. This book was a classic work on the art of foxhunting and includes discussions on hunting stag and hare as well. Beckford describes the use of hunting hounds in the hunts and how to care for, breed, and raise packs of hunting hounds.

Item number: #16248

Price: $499

BECKFORD, Peter

Thoughts upon hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend.

London : J. Debrett, 1802.

Details:

Collation: Complete

xiv, 56, (*43-*56), 57-360

Engraved frontispiece

Provenance: Handwritten – C. S. Thompson

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~8.25in X 6.5in (21cm x 16.5cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent