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HUNTING AND SHOOTING -- The Old Pack. London: printed in 1714. 4° (196 x 147mm). 4p., drop-head title, disbound. A song 'Come ye old English huntsmen that love noble sport', first published in 1710 as a satire on the Whig's pursuit of Sacheverell. Probably the Schwerdt copy, though not identified as such. Schwerdt II, p. 48; this edition not in Foxon or ESTC.
Nimrod's Garland or Darlington Chace. [No imprint: n.d.]. 8° (179 x 121mm). 4p., drop-head title, unbound. Provenance: with 18th-century marginalia providing the identities of 'Nimrod' and other characters in the poem. SCHWERDT COPY. Schwerdt II, p. 44; not in ESTC.
[PACIAUDI, Paullo Maria]. Melampo. [no imprint: 1779 or slightly later]. 2° broadsheet with engraved head-piece and typographical border. (Tear through 3 lines of text, closed tear at foot, folded.) Latin epitaph on a hunting dog, 'Melampo', attributed to Paciandi in a contemporary ms note. SCHWERDT COPY (with bill of purchase from Davis and Orioli, Museum St). Schwerdt II, p. 57.
Hunting vindicated from Cruelty in a letter to the monthly reviewers. 'Spitzbergen': printed. Sold London: B. Law, Exeter: R. Trewman, and Plymouth: M. Haydon, 1782. 4° (206 x 151mm). 30p. (lacks half title, foremargins of some leaves extended, first two leaves detached.) Disbound. The Schwerdt copy? Schwerdt I, p. 260; not in ESTC.
MORLEY, F. The Legend of the Little Man and the Little Gun. [No imprint]: 1813. Small 4° (140 x 113mm). Title on cover, 13ll., lithographic text and illustration by Morley on one side only. (Some spotting and staining, foremargins slightly damaged.) Original wrappers. Provenance: Mary Wigram, 1831 (ownership inscription); and 4 other 19th-century hunting and shooting poems, and an extract, all contained in a small box. (11)
Nimrod's Garland or Darlington Chace. [No imprint: n.d.]. 8° (179 x 121mm). 4p., drop-head title, unbound. Provenance: with 18th-century marginalia providing the identities of 'Nimrod' and other characters in the poem. SCHWERDT COPY. Schwerdt II, p. 44; not in ESTC.
[PACIAUDI, Paullo Maria]. Melampo. [no imprint: 1779 or slightly later]. 2° broadsheet with engraved head-piece and typographical border. (Tear through 3 lines of text, closed tear at foot, folded.) Latin epitaph on a hunting dog, 'Melampo', attributed to Paciandi in a contemporary ms note. SCHWERDT COPY (with bill of purchase from Davis and Orioli, Museum St). Schwerdt II, p. 57.
Hunting vindicated from Cruelty in a letter to the monthly reviewers. 'Spitzbergen': printed. Sold London: B. Law, Exeter: R. Trewman, and Plymouth: M. Haydon, 1782. 4° (206 x 151mm). 30p. (lacks half title, foremargins of some leaves extended, first two leaves detached.) Disbound. The Schwerdt copy? Schwerdt I, p. 260; not in ESTC.
MORLEY, F. The Legend of the Little Man and the Little Gun. [No imprint]: 1813. Small 4° (140 x 113mm). Title on cover, 13ll., lithographic text and illustration by Morley on one side only. (Some spotting and staining, foremargins slightly damaged.) Original wrappers. Provenance: Mary Wigram, 1831 (ownership inscription); and 4 other 19th-century hunting and shooting poems, and an extract, all contained in a small box. (11)
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