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1735 The Chace: A Poem
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Description
Rebound
Third edition. The ESTC notes that 1500 copies of this edition was published. Issued the same year as the first edition.
In a modern cloth rebinding.
'The Chace', written in Miltonic blank verse, traces the history of hunting up to the Norman Conquest of England, with reference to kennel design, hare hunting, stag hunting, otter hunting, and the breeding and training of dogs.
The well known work of English poet William Somervile, noted for pioneering early English georgic.
ESTC reference No.T30392
Register: A-I8, K4. Collated, complete.
Condition
In a modern cloth rebinding, with renewed endpapers. Externally, excellent, with only minor shelf wear. Ex libris bookplate of one J. S. Dearden to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot and marginal toning.
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