1814 · Burton-on-Trenmt
by SKETCHLEY, W[illiam]
Burton-on-Trenmt: J. Croft, 1814. Second (expanded) edn. 8vo, pp. 154. Bound in contemporary boards with modern rebacking. Bound with the fold-out frontispiece of a cock fight. Contemporary ownership signaure and a later bookplate. First issued in 1769 this offers around 60 pages of advice on breeding, matches, desirable breeds and the like. The remainder of the book has pages for record keeping as it is assumed that cocks do not have long careers.
(Inventory #: 53863)