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Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
Edinburgh & London
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS OF THE FIRST EDITION OF
THE
MASTER OF GAME
The Oldest English Book on Hunting
By EDWARD, DUKE OF YORK
edited by
W. A. and F. BAILLIE-GROHMAN
with a forward by
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
With 44 Facsimile Photogravure Plates (4 with original text) and Frontispiece reproduced in Colours and Gold, from the Miniatures in the famous MS. f. fr. 616 in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Monotint reproductions of the drawings in the Bodleian "Master of Game" (MS. Bodl. 546), and other reproductions, transcripts of hitherto unpublished MSS. and Documents, Literary and Historical Notes, a Bibliography of MSS. and Printed Books on Hunting in the principal Languages of Europe up to the end of the sixteenth century, and a Glossary of Ancient English Hunting Terms, with Index.
Only 600 COPIES (bound with these plates in "Rough Deerskin") will be sold, of which half are reserved for England, the rest for America and the Continent. Each copy is numbered and signed, and under no circumstances will any more be published. Price £6. The first ten copies are printed on Japanese Hand-made Vellum paper throughout and Bound by Zaehnsdorf in White Vellum, price £30 each.
Only 2 copies of the latter and 20 copies of the English Edition are left.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING and H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES have been pleased to subscribe for copies.
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.
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."
Land and Water.—"This is really an extremely interesting book, and if Mr. Baillie-Grohman is as painstaking and accurate with his rifle as he is with his pen, it is small wonder that he is in the front rank of contemporary sportsmen."
The Standard.—"Singularly interesting and amusing ... sumptuous book ... an immense amount of bibliographical information.... Mr. Baillie-Grohman is a hunter of world-wide experience, and his authority will be generally recognised."
Morning Post.—"Magnificent folio ... the editors' notes on the text are full of far-sought information, and, what is more, are delightfully written.... Happy is the sportsman and scholar who has a copy of it."
The Country Gentleman.—"Mr. and Mrs. Baillie-Grohman have done their work as editors admirably ... nothing could be better than the general 'get-up' of this charming volume."
New York Herald.—"Magnificent edition of the 'Master of Game,' edited with a loving care that makes it a literary marvel. No labour, no expense has been too great for the editors of this truly splendid edition of a singularly interesting work."
Chicago Tribune.—"Sumptuous folio of the first importance to students ... it must ever be considered a classic of its kind."
The Nation (New York).—"One can hardly speak too highly of the loving and enthusiastic care which the editors have manifested in preparing the work for publication."