COOK, Colonel John. Observations on Fox-Hunting and the Management of Hounds in the Kennel and the Field.

COOK, Colonel John. Observations on Fox-Hunting and the Management of Hounds in the Kennel and the Field.COOK, Colonel John. Observations on Fox Hunting and the Management of Hounds in the Kennel and the Field. London: Printed for the author by William Nicol and sold by Rowe and Waller. 1826. Royal 8vo. Late 19th century red morocco, boards panelled in gilt with 2 triple filleted borders and corner pieces, spine richly gilt in compartments, lettered directly in gilt in one, rich gilt turn ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, red silk place marker; pp.

COOK, Colonel John. Observations on Fox-Hunting and the Management of Hounds in the Kennel and the Field. London: Printed for the author by William Nicol … and sold by Rowe and Waller. 1826.

Royal 8vo. Late 19th-century red morocco, boards panelled in gilt with 2 triple-filleted borders and corner pieces, spine richly gilt in compartments, lettered directly in gilt in one, rich gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, red silk place marker; pp. xvi, 292, with a steel engraved frontispiece and two plates; extremities slightly rubbed, hinges splitting at head; some variable spotting but overall very good.

First edition, handsomely bound, of this treatise on foxhunting and hound management, addressed to "a young sportsman, about to undertake a hunting establishment".

The author, John Cook, served as a colonel in the 28th Regiment of Light Dragoons, a cavalry unit raised in March 1795 and disbanded in 1802.

The twelve-page list of subscribers preceding the text serves as a veritable "who's who" of Regency England.

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