Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Beckford, Peter, 1740-1811
Title:
Thoughts on hunting : in a series of familiar letters to a friend / by Peter Beckford, esq. ; with an introd. and notes by J. Otho Paget ; with eight drawings by G.H. Jalland and other illus.
Edition:
7th ed.
Published / Created:
London : Methuen, 1930.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 283 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 227
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title vignette.

First published in 1781, under title: Thoughts upon hare and fox hunting. Cf. Dict. nat. biog.

BAC: British Art Center copy: Seventh edition. With introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget. Red cloth; gold hunting vignette on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece, 16 plates, 8 of which are plates of drawings by G.H. Jalland, 2 leaves of advertisements. Spine height: 9 inches.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting.