The history of foxhunting - Hardcover
- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0333181344
- ISBN 13 9780333181348
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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THE HISTORY OF FOXHUNTING. By Roger Longrigg.
Published by
Macmillan. London. 1975.
(1975)
ISBN 10: 0333181344
ISBN 13: 9780333181348
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Book Description Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. Large 4to (237 x 311mm). Pp272. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Spine shaken, worn and used. Name and address to title page. Reading copy in like dust-wrapper. "The history of the sport itself in Britain, Ireland and America is the central theme of this book, but foxhunting's full story goes back to prehistoric man and the ancient and medieval hunting of wild game for sport from which it evolved. Foxhounds were specially bred and entered in the England of Elizabeth I, .one of the earliest renowned packs was that of the Duke of Monmouth in the late 17th century. During the following 100 years, modern foxhunting and the modern foxhound were developed, and the sport became popular and fashionable. Taken to the New World by English colonists, foxhunting became the elegant sport of Virginia and Maryland. George Washington's pack was as celebrated in Virginia as that of his contemporary Hugo Meynell in Leicestershire." A thorough and well-illustrated exploration of the history of hunting, from Ancient Greece to the present day. . Seller Inventory # 40453
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THE HISTORY OF FOXHUNTING. By Roger Longrigg.
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Macmillan. London. 1975.
(1975)
ISBN 10: 0333181344
ISBN 13: 9780333181348
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Book Description Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1975 ). 1975 1st edition. Large 4to (237 x 311mm). Pp272. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "The history of the sport itself in Britain, Ireland and America is the central theme of this book, but foxhunting's full story goes back to prehistoric man and the ancient and medieval hunting of wild game for sport from which it evolved. Foxhounds were specially bred and entered in the England of Elizabeth I, .one of the earliest renowned packs was that of the Duke of Monmouth in the late 17th century. During the following 100 years, modern foxhunting and the modern foxhound were developed, and the sport became popular and fashionable. Taken to the New World by English colonists, foxhunting became the elegant sport of Virginia and Maryland. George Washington's pack was as celebrated in Virginia as that of his contemporary Hugo Meynell in Leicestershire." A thorough and well-illustrated exploration of the history of hunting, from Ancient Greece to the present day. . Seller Inventory # 44596
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