Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cook, John, 1773-1829
Title:
Observations on fox-hunting and the management of hounds in the kennel and the field : addressed to a young sportsman, about to undertake a hunting establishment / by Colonel Cook, H.P. 28th Dragoons.
Alternate Title(s):
Spine title: Col. Cook's observations on fox hunting
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author, by William Nicol, Cleveland Row, St. James's : and sold by Rowe and Waller, booksellers, Fleet-Street, 1826.
Physical Description:
xvi, 292 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SK285 .C66 1826 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
SK285 .C66 1826+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographs by M. Gauci; after James Barenger.

"Lists of Hounds"--pages [205]-292.

Subscribers' list on pages v-xvi.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 129

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in publisher's original brown boards, with printed spine label. Autograph: James Wood.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary blue-green boards, lower board lacking. Armorial bookplates: [motto] Leges Juraque Serva; William D.C. Ruxton.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- Great Britain. | Hunting dogs -- Great Britain. | Wood, James -- Autograph. | Ruxton, William D.C. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1826. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Gauci, M., lithographer. | Barenger, James, 1780–1831, illustrator. | Nicol, William, printer. | Rowe and Waller, publisher.