Chasse.- SOMERVILLE (William).
Estimation :
25 / 50
Adjudication :
20 €
Description
The Chace. A Poem. The Sixth Edition. London, W. Bowyer, W. Strahan and R. Baldwin, 1783, 8°, XVI-122-[4] p., orné d'un frontispice dessiné par Gravelot et 6 gravures hors texte dessinées et gravées par A. Walker représentant des scènes de chasse.- Suivi de : IDEM. Hobbinol, or the Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse. The Sixth Edition. Mêmes édit., 1783, 8°, [4]-82 p., pleine basane brune de l'époque, dos muet à 5 nerfs (rel. frottée, ex-libris ms., petite déchirure marginale à 1 pl.). Somerville (1675-1742) was a country squire whose considerable landholding enabled him to pursue his two favorite pastimes of hunting and writing poetry while serving occasionally as a magistrate. His "major poem was The Chace, published in 1735 and dedicated to Frederick, prince of Wales. In four books of blank verse he conveyed the excitement and dangers of the chase as well as its place in history" (ODNB).
