1840 The Moor & The Loch by John Colquhoun Antique Sport Hunting Reference Book
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description: 1840 The Moor & The Loch by John Colquhoun Antique Sport Hunting Reference Book The Moor And The Loch - Containing practical hints on most of the Highland sports, and notices of the habits of the different creatures of game and prey in the mountainous districts of Scotland, with an essay on loch-fishing. By John Colquhoun Published by William Blackwood & Sons: Edinburgh 1840 1st Edition In Original Gilt Decorated Cloth Bindings - Illustrated With 12 Plates. Provenance: Ex " Charles Hugh Lyon" " First published in Edinburgh in 1840, John Colquhoun's The Moor and the Loch is an important early Victorian work devoted to the field sports and natural history of the Scottish Highlands. Its full title describes its considerable scope: Practical Hints on Most of the Highland Sports, and Notices of the Habits of the Different Creatures of Game and Prey in the Mountainous Districts of Scotland; with an Essay on Loch-Fishing. Written from extensive personal observation and sporting experience, Colquhoun combines practical instruction with vivid accounts of Scotland's moors, lochs, wildlife and sporting traditions at a time when the Highlands were becoming increasingly celebrated in British sporting literature. The work encompasses grouse and black-game shooting, sporting dogs, stalking and shooting, fishing and numerous aspects of Highland fieldcraft, while also recording Colquhoun's observations of the behaviour and habitats of native animals and birds. Rather than functioning simply as a shooting or fishing manual, the book occupies an interesting position between sporting literature and nineteenth-century natural history. Colquhoun's close attention to wildlife, terrain, weather and animal behaviour gives the work enduring historical value as a record of Highland sporting and rural life during the early Victorian period. This desirable 1840 first edition is profusely illustrated with attractive engraved representations of Highland game, sporting dogs and other animals, incl…
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