This work written in Latin, Ioannis Caii Britanni (l750), is England's first full-length work devoted entirely to the dog. It is the cornerstone of the Chapin-Horowitz collection of books on dogs, begun in l937 with a large initial gift in honor of the donor's cocker spaniel Peter Chapin.

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