GAMONIA: OR, THE ART OF PRESERVING GAME

A beautifully bound book by Lawrence Rawstorne on shooting and the art of preserving game. “The first treatise devoted solely to the subject of pheasant rearing, covert shooting, and the management of woodlands for the special purpose of preserving game...”. With 15 plates in exquisite contemporary colour. Pl. 1, Penwortham with the commencement of a Baltue. “A good beginning makes a good ending”. Pl. 2, Tulketh Hall and Town of Preston, “The Old Sporting School”. Pl. 3, The Vale of Ribble, “The New Sporting School”. Pl. 4, Penwortham with the commencement of a Baltue, “All’s well that end’s well”. Pl. 5 The Castle Hill, “Sharp’s the Word, Quick the Motion”. Pl. 6, The Lower Ridding, “More Haste the worst Speed”. Pl. 7, Penwortham Church, “Slow and sure (in the Old Style)”. Pl. 8, The Round Wood, “No stolen goods, Honesty’s the best policy”. Pl. 9, Blashaw Dam, “Fair play’s a jewel”. Pl. 10, The Crow Wood, “The misfortune of being under the mark”. Pl. 11, The Hangman’s Bank, “A Bird in the hand’s worth two in the Bush”. Pl. 12, West End of the Four-Acre, “The Gay Deceivers or more keen than sure”. Pl. 13, Howick from Blashaw Wood, “The Destructives, or Killing no Murder”. Pl. 14, East End of the Four Acre, “The Destructives, or three good things better than one”. Pl. 15, Penwortham, “Muff, a favourite Retreiver”.

Very good condition, binding by McDonald.