Cautions To Young Sportsmen
Author:
FRANKLAND Sir Thomas
Year:
1801
Edition:
second with additions Edn,
Summary:
41 pAGES, Faint tide mark to lower front edge of some pages. Bound in a recent grey paper covered boards titled in black to the spine small ownership bookplate to the front paste down. First published in 1800 with 24 pages the 1801 second edition with additions, "A series of letters cataloguing cautions with regards to the double-barrelled flintlocks recently imported from France including factual examples of shooting disasters in the shooting field. This is the first book to warn of the dangers of shooting." Chute 220 notes he is yet to see a first edition, Schwerdt vol 1 -187. A rare title in any edition.
Ref:
22780
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