Author: MARKHAM, GEORGE
Title: Pteryplegia: Or, the Art of Shooting-Flying
Description: 1767. MARKHAM, GEORGE. Pteryplegia: Or, the Art of Shooting-Flying. A Poem. London, J. Lever, 1767. Octavo. iv,32(2)pp. Third edition. A fine copper-engraved frontispiece by W. Sherwin shows a hunter in a landscape pointing his gun at flying ducks, while his hound points. Markham corrects the mistakes of novice shooters of quail, partridge, etc. with a light and humorous touch. Publisher's ads at back. Fine in later cloth-backed gray boards. .

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