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Shooting, vol 1 & 2.
Longmans, Green and Co. 1895. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 357+358 pages, hardcover. Illustrations and frontispieces in black & white.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
"The Badminton Library. Vol 1: ""Field and covert"", with contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A.J.Stuart-Wortley. Vol 2:""Moor and marsh"" with contributions of Lord Lovat and Lord Charles Lennox Kerr. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon"
SHOOTING: FIELD AND COVERT / MOOR AND MARSH.
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. With numerous illustrations by A.J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper, H. Oswald Brown, J. G. Millais and G.E. Lodge. Longmans, Green, and Co. London, 1886. In-16 gr. (mm. 191x131), 2 volumi, tela editoriale figurata (risg. rinforzati con striscia di tela bianca). L'opera (completa come da Indice) è così composta: - 1° vol. "Field and Covert". With contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A.J. Stuart-Wortley, di pp. XV,357,(3), ben illustrato in b.n. da numerosiss. figure nel t. e da 11 tavole f.t. (di cui 5 con alone al marg. super.).E' suddiviso in XVI capitoli che, preceduti da una lunga introduzione, trattano: Shooting, past and present - Hints for beginners - A short history of gun-making - Prices of guns - The choice of a gun - Shooters - Partridge shooting - Vermin - Keepers - Poachers and poaching - Dogs and dog-breaking - Pigeon shooting from traps.- 2° vol. "Moor and Marsh". With contribution by Lord Lovat and Lord Charles Kerr. pp. XIII,348, ben illustrato in b.n. da numerosiss. figure nel t. e da 7 tavole f.t. Suddiviso in XVII capitoli, sono trattati: Grouse - Black game - Deer stalking - Deer forests - Woodcock - Snipe - Wildfowl shooting: swans nd geese - Surface-feeding ducks - Diving ducks - Waders - Rails and crakes - Wildfowl shooting on shore - Punting, or wildfowl shooting afloat - Fowling punts: how to build and use them - Swivel-guns - Concluding remarks on wildfowl shooting - A little plain law for game preservers, keepers and poachers.Con qualche traccia d'uso ma complessivam. è un esemplare ben conservato.
