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‘The Torpedo, A Poem to the Electrical Eel. Addressed to Mr. John Hunter, Surgeon: and Dedicated to The Right Honourable Lord Cholmondeley.’ London 1777. Bound in later blue cloth with black calf spine and corners, gilt title to spine, marbled endpapers. Comprises 17 pages of verse with five page introductory ‘Dedication to Lord Cholmondeley’. A footnote on page 14 refers to the Duke of Dorset, ‘Every one knows the attachment of the Duke of D-rs-t to Cricket: The following anecdote will prove it. Two clergymen were candidates for a Living in his Grace’s presentation, which he bestowed on the best Batsman’. Bookplates of Henry M. Cohen and A.E. Winder to inside front cover. Padwick 892-1. Some wear to spine, otherwise internally in very good condition. A very early and rare cricketing reference.