First printed edition of the earliest English book on hunting
A. & F. Baillie-Grohman (eds.):
The Master of Game.
London, Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, 1904. 4to. 40,5 x 28 cms. LIV + 288 pp. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and 51 monochrome plates, depicting the beauty of the original illuminated manuscript. With a foreword by then-President Teddy Roosevelt. Parallel Middle and modern English text.
No. 245 of a limited edition of just 600 copies, with the editor's facsimile signature to the limitation page. Publisher's reverse calf, spine a little chipped at head and foot. Bookplate of Seth Kempe (1857-1946).
”The Master of Game” is the oldest English book on hunting, written between 1406 and 1413 by Edward III's grandson, Edward, Duke of York. The majority of the text is a translation of the book "La Chasse" (1387-1391) by Gaston de Foix. This modern rendering has been taken from the best of the existing 19 manuscripts in the British Museum.
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