THE RABBIT. By James Edmund Harting, with a chapter on Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. Fur, Feather and Fin Series.

1898 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 195mm). Ppx,256 + 4pp ads for Badminton Library and Fur, Feather and Fin series. B/w illustrations by Thorburn, Whymper, Lodge and Alken. Binding A. Oatmeal coloured cloth, printed in red, brown and gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series. * Later issue, c. 1904 or 1905. The advertisements at the rear list eleven titles in the series.

Natural history and sport. Another fine title in this excellent series. Chapters include: Natural history of the rabbit; The warren; Ferreting; Shooting; Trapping, snaring, netting and bolting; Poaching; The Ground Game Act; Rabbit-hawking with the goshawk; The cookery of the rabbit. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch.