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GRATTIUS, Falsicus. Cynegeticon; or, A Poem of Hunting, translated by Christopher Wase. London: Charles Adams, 1654. 12° (132 x 73mm). Parallel Latin and English text. (Two letters on title cropped, occasional slight cropping of text.) Red morocco gilt by Riviere, medallion stamp on both covers, gilt edges. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 10 July 1939, lot 1460). FIRST EDITION of this poem by a little known contemporary of Virgil and Ovid. Wase's commentary includes chapters on 'the styles of hunting different from the English, both antique and forreigne' and 'the modern authors who have written upon this subject'. A second edition followed in 1699. SCHWERDT COPY. Schwerdt I, p. 217; Wing G-1581.
[MORGAN, Hill (1724-1801)]. Cyenegetica: or, The Force and Pleasure of Hunting. A poem. London: William Chetwood, 1718. 12° (153 x 93 mm). Engraved frontispiece (A1) by E. Kirkall, repeated on p. 30. Half vellum by Riviere (covers slightly bowed). FIRST ISSUE OF A RARE VENATIC POEM written with considerable verve by 'a gentleman of the Inner Temple'. ESTC locates only one copy of this issue (St. John's College, Cambridge) and one copy of the second issue of 1720 (Bodleian). NO COPY IN BL. Foxon M-443. (2)
[MORGAN, Hill (1724-1801)]. Cyenegetica: or, The Force and Pleasure of Hunting. A poem. London: William Chetwood, 1718. 12° (153 x 93 mm). Engraved frontispiece (A1) by E. Kirkall, repeated on p. 30. Half vellum by Riviere (covers slightly bowed). FIRST ISSUE OF A RARE VENATIC POEM written with considerable verve by 'a gentleman of the Inner Temple'. ESTC locates only one copy of this issue (St. John's College, Cambridge) and one copy of the second issue of 1720 (Bodleian). NO COPY IN BL. Foxon M-443. (2)
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