Animal welfare, Gloucester copy.- The Hare; or, hunting incompatible with humanity: written as a stimulus to youth towards a proper treatment of animals, 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, 1 (of 2) advertisement ff. at end, frontispiece trimmed at outer margin, affecting imprint, H5&6 hole within text with loss, foxing to part 1, both parts occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 19th century roan, spine in compartments and titles in gilt, rubbed, [Schwerdt I, p.230], 12mo, printed for Vernor and Hood, No. 31, Poultry, 1799.
⁂ The cruelty of hunting seen from the hare's perspective.
Provenance: The Sporting Library of H.R.H The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, sold Christie's, 27th January, 2006, lot 569 (part).
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