PAGE, T., of Norwich The Art of Shooting Flying: containing Directions for the Choice of Guns: Experiments discovering the Execution... London: J. Crouse, 1770. Stated fourth edition. Later three quarters leather gilt over marbled boards. 8 x 4 1/2 inches (the half-title and title slightly shorter in width); [8] 104 [4] pp., retains half-title. Spotting to first and last leaves, binding rubbed. text clean. First published in 1766, this "little tract published by a gun and watch maker in Norwich [is] the first book in prose solely on shooting" (Schwerdt). Schwerdt II, p. 58. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
PAGE, T., of Norwich The Art of Shooting Flying: containing Directions for the Choice of Guns: Experiments discovering the Execution... London: J. Crouse, 1770. Stated fourth edition. Later three quarters leather gilt over marbled boards. 8 x 4 1/2 inches (the half-title and title slightly shorter in width); [8] 104 [4] pp., retains half-title. Spotting to first and last leaves, binding rubbed. text clean. First published in 1766, this "little tract published by a gun and watch maker in Norwich [is] the first book in prose solely on shooting" (Schwerdt). Schwerdt II, p. 58. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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