Cynegetica, or, Essays on sporting , 1788
- Title(s):
- Cynegetica, or, Essays on sporting : consisting of observations on hare hunting : containing, an account of the hare hunting and coursing of the ancients, from Xenophon and Arrian : a philosophical enquiry into the nature and properties of the scent : remarks on the different kinds of hounds, with the manner of training them : directions for the choice of a hunter : the qualifications requisite for a huntsman : and other general rule to be observed in every contingency incident to the chase : together with an account of the vizier's manner of hunting in the Mogul empire by William Blane, Esq. : to which is added The chace, a poem by William Somervile, Esq.
- Additional Title(s):
- Essays on hunting.
- Edition:
- A new edition : embellished with an elegant frontispiece and a vignette.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1788.
- Physical Description:
- [8], 292, [4] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSK31 .B53 1788 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsSK31 .B53 1788 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1167729
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Imprint from engraved title page.
Engravings by Henry Heath; after Thomas Stothard.
Publisher's advertisement: [4] pages at end.
First published under title: Essays on hunting, 1781.
English short title catalogue, T160906
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 67
Publisher's advertisements, [4] pages at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Frontispiece is hand-colored.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary tree calf. Frontispiece is uncolored. - Subject Terms:
- Hare and hounds -- Early works to 1800.Hare hunting -- Early works to 1800.Hunting -- Early works to 1800.Tiger hunting -- India -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1788.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1788.
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