389 PIGEON LITERATURE. 



tliat would mount almost as higli as Tumblers, or the actual 

 name of the compiler, cannot now be determined. The history 

 of the book I imagine to be something like this : The large 

 Treatise was probably too dear for the majority of pigeon 

 fanciers, and the first form, at 2s. 6d., was published, to be 

 succeeded by the second, at 2s. These are both so extremely 

 scarce that not many copies can have been issued. The third 

 form, at Is. 6d., seems to have been more successful, as it is 

 not uncommon. 



The book was probably printed about 1770, and issued, with 

 its various title-pages, from that date till about 1780. Alex. 

 Hogg, the publisher, dealt in remainders, and probably pur- 

 chased the unsold copies of the fi7'st form, issuing them with 

 new title-pages. 



(4.) *'The Complete Pigeon Fancier; or, a New 

 Treatise on Domestic Pigeons. By Daniel Girton, of the 

 County of Bucks. London : Printed for Alexander Hogg, No. 

 16, Pater-noster Row. Price only Is. 6d." 



This edition, with the same folding plate of twelve pigeons, 

 is a verbatim reprint of the preceding, page for page, the leaves 

 also being numbered 13-140. The probable date of issue was 

 from 1780-90. 



(5.) "The New and Complete Pigeon Fancier; or. 

 Modern Treatise on Domestic Pigeons. By Daniel 

 Girton, Esq., of the County of Bucks. A New Edition, Revised 

 and Improved by Mr. W. Thompson, Author of ' The New 

 and Complete Bird Fancier.' London : Printed by S. Couch- 

 man, Throgmorton Street, for Alex. Hogg and Co., at the 

 King's Arms, No. 16, Paternoster Row. Price only One Shilling 

 and Sixpence." 



This form, illustrated with the same folding plate of twelve 

 pigeons, is an abridged edition of the preceding, in smaller 

 type. The preface is on the back of the title-page ; the second 

 leaf contains a list of " Contents," and the paging is 5-64. The 

 last page contains an advertisement of the " Treatise on the 



