The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting

Name: The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting
Author: Edward, of Norwich

Edward, of Norwich

Hunting -- Early works to 1800

Published for the Editors by =BALLANTYNE & CO.=, 14 TAVISTOCK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN, W.C., LONDON, who will forward a Specimen Plate and
full particulars on application.


_Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press_

_The Times._--"'The Oldest English Book on Hunting' renews its youth
in a superb and massive volume, elaborately illustrated with
reproductions of the quaintest of mediæval drawings. The archaic text
of the original English is happily modernised in parallel columns, so
that the book is pleasant and easy reading. The elaborate appendix is
a treasury of research ... and the bibliographical catalogue is
exhaustive."

_The Fortnightly Review._--"A great classic has been rescued from
oblivion."

_The Spectator._--"There can be no hesitation in ascribing to the
magnificently produced volume the first place in the classics of
hunting of an earlier date ever given to the public of our day. Some
of the attractions of this splendid volume ... the illustrations which
are as interesting as the text ... absolutely a masterpiece ... the
endurance of a scholarly and rational enthusiasm in the history and
pursuit of sport has its monument in the fine work now presented."

_The Field._--"In many respects this is a remarkable book. It is the
oldest treatise on hunting in the English language. It was written
just five centuries ago, and, strange to say, until the present time
it has never been printed. As the treatise is from many points of view
of considerable importance, one would have supposed that long ere this
some enthusiastic scholar with a love for the chase would have been
found both able and willing to undertake its publication. On the other
hand, we have only to look at the text as now presented to us to see
that its preparation implies an enormous amount of labour, involving a
collation of the various MSS., a _verbatim et literatim_ transcription
of the text, a modern English translation in parallel columns,
critical and explanatory notes, and a glossary of ancient hunting
terms; in a word, a thorough mastery of the subject. All this Mr. and
Mrs. Baillie-Grohman have accomplished, and indeed much more, for they
have given an account of the existing MSS. of the work, a bibliography
of the mediæval literature of the chase. It was a happy thought to
illustrate the English text with facsimiles of the beautiful
miniatures which adorn the French original.... In the way of
reproduction nothing could be better ... the _tout ensemble_ is a
model of good taste and fine printing."

_Baily's Magazine._--"This beautiful book ... in such sumptuous form
... bears evidence of wide research and of care in preparation. The
sumptuous production it is and the illuminations from old MSS. have
been reproduced as well as it was possible to reproduce them."

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The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on HuntingEdward, of Norwich

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The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting

Edward, of Norwich

Hunting -- Early works to 1800

Published for the Editors by =BALLANTYNE & CO.=, 14 TAVISTOCK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN, W.C., LONDON, who will forward a Specimen Plate and
full particulars on application.


_Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press_

_The Times._--"'The Oldest English Book on Hunting' renews its youth
in a superb and massive volume, elaborately illustrated with
reproductions of the quaintest of mediæval drawings. The archaic text
of the original English is happily modernised in parallel columns, so
that the book is pleasant and easy reading. The elaborate appendix is
a treasury of research ... and the bibliographical catalogue is
exhaustive."

_The Fortnightly Review._--"A great classic has been rescued from
oblivion."

_The Spectator._--"There can be no hesitation in ascribing to the
magnificently produced volume the first place in the classics of
hunting of an earlier date ever given to the public of our day. Some
of the attractions of this splendid volume ... the illustrations which
are as interesting as the text ... absolutely a masterpiece ... the
endurance of a scholarly and rational enthusiasm in the history and
pursuit of sport has its monument in the fine work now presented."

_The Field._--"In many respects this is a remarkable book. It is the
oldest treatise on hunting in the English language. It was written
just five centuries ago, and, strange to say, until the present time
it has never been printed. As the treatise is from many points of view
of considerable importance, one would have supposed that long ere this
some enthusiastic scholar with a love for the chase would have been
found both able and willing to undertake its publication. On the other
hand, we have only to look at the text as now presented to us to see
that its preparation implies an enormous amount of labour, involving a
collation of the various MSS., a _verbatim et literatim_ transcription
of the text, a modern English translation in parallel columns,
critical and explanatory notes, and a glossary of ancient hunting
terms; in a word, a thorough mastery of the subject. All this Mr. and
Mrs. Baillie-Grohman have accomplished, and indeed much more, for they
have given an account of the existing MSS. of the work, a bibliography
of the mediæval literature of the chase. It was a happy thought to
illustrate the English text with facsimiles of the beautiful
miniatures which adorn the French original.... In the way of
reproduction nothing could be better ... the _tout ensemble_ is a
model of good taste and fine printing."

_Baily's Magazine._--"This beautiful book ... in such sumptuous form
... bears evidence of wide research and of care in preparation. The
sumptuous production it is and the illuminations from old MSS. have
been reproduced as well as it was possible to reproduce them."

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