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Creator:
Beaufort, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of, 1824–1899
Title(s):
Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.
Published/Created:
London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885.
Physical Description:
xiv, 401 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SK31 .B43 1885
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9759743
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations also by Agnes M. Biddulph.
With a frontispiece chromolithographed by Spottiswoode & Co.
Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street-Square.
Edition of 250 large paper copies.
Title page printed in black and red, with a wood-engraved vignette.
Slater, J.H. Illustrated sporting pooks, p. 15
Includes index.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 183 of 250 copies. Bound in publisher's original blue half roan and gold cloth; rebacked.
Intended as a "modern encyclopaedia, to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of hunting, can turn for information" (Preface).
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Hunting.
Longsman, Green and Co. -- Publisher.
Spottiswoode and Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1885.
Wood engravings -- 1885.
Contributors:
Morris, Mowbray.
Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833–1898.
Davis, Edward William Lewis.
Collins, Digby.
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922.
biddulph, agnes m.
Charlton, John, 1849–1917, ill.
Sturgess, John, ill.
Biddulph, Agnes M., ill.
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  • Chapter 1: The History and Literature of Hunting
  • Chapter 2: Beasts of the Chase, the Stag, the Fox and His Habits, Harriers and The Hare, Beagles
  • Chapter 3: The Stable
  • Chapter 4: The Kennel
  • Chapter 5: Hunt Servants-the Duties of a Huntsman in the Field. The Duties of a Whipper-In. The Duties of the Kennel Huntsman. The Duties of an Earth -Stopper. Compensation for Damages done by Horsemen and by Foxes. Artificial Fox Earths
  • Chapter 6: The Horse
  • Chapter 7: The Rider
  • Chapter 8: The Shires
  • Chapter 9: the Provinces
  • Chapter 10: Hunting from London
  • Chapter 11: The Otter and His Ways
  • Appendices. A. List of Masters of Hounds, and Servants. B. Names of Hounds. C. Hunting Terms. D. Bibliography.

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