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TITLE: The Master of the Game
EDITOR: Wm. A. and F. Baillie-Grohman
PUBLISHER: Published for the Editors by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1904
BINDING: Original vellum gilt by Zaehnsdorf, upper board with gilt seal of Edward, 2nd Duke of York, top edge gilt .
EDITION: Copy is no. 8 out of a special edition of only 10 copies.
NO.OF PAGES: 286. Title printed in red and black, chromolithographic frontispiece and 51 photogravure and monotintplates, numerous illustrations
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THE OLDEST BOOK ON HUNTING

The Master of Game is a medieval book on hunting written by Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, between 1406 and 1413, of which27 manuscripts survive. It is considered to be the oldest English-language book on hunting. It was reprinted in 1904 with a translation into modern English, an essay on medieval hunting, and a foreword by then-American President and noted hunter Theodore Roosevelt.

Edward held the position of master of game during the reign of Henry IV and in a prologue dedicated the book to Henry, Prince of Wales, later to become Henry V, as a set of instructions on how to proceed with the hunt.

The first 10 copies were printed on Japanese hand- made vellum paper. One of these was presented by President Theodore Roosevelt to the German Emperor in 1910 after his visit to Berlin, while three other copies were bought by the late King Edward VII,the Prince of Wales (King George V) and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria shortly before his assassination which gave rise to World War II.