THE COCKER;; Containing Every Information to the Breeders and Amateurs of the Noble Bird, The Game Cock; to which is added, A Variety of Other Useful Information for The Instruction of Those Who Are Attendants On The Cock Pit.
Burton-on-Trenmt: J. Croft, 1814. Second (expanded) edn. 8vo, pp. 154. Bound in contemporary boards with modern rebacking. Bound with the fold-out frontispiece of a cock fight. Contemporary ownership signaure and a later bookplate. Item #53863
First issued in 1769 this offers around 60 pages of advice on breeding, matches, desirable breeds and the like. The remainder of the book has pages for record keeping as it is assumed that cocks do not have long careers.
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