Directions for breeding game cocks;

£1,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

First published in the late eighteenth century, this pamphlet gives an interesting glimpse into the workings of this sport which was to be banned just a few years later under the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1835.

• Year: 1833

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