Gentlemen and Poachers : The English Game Laws, 1671-1831
x, 256pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Bottom text block edge a little sun faded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. The first full scholarly examination of the English game laws. Based on material drawn from over two dozen archives - including judicial records, estate correspondence and personal diaries - it explains what the laws were, why they were passed, how they were enforced and why they were eventually repealed.
