The gentleman's recreation : in four parts : viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : also, the method of breeding and managing a hunting-horse : whereto is prefix'd, a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted, proper to each recreation.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The fourth edition to which is now added, a perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular act of Parliament since Magna Charta to this time, as do any way relate to the several kinds of game above mention'd. |
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| Item Description: | Differs from other 4th edition published in 1697 by the lack of "D. Browne" in the imprint. Dedication signed: Nicholas Cox. Numbers 85-88 repeated in first group of pagination. Added engraved title page. Final part has special title page: An abridgment of Manwood's forrest laws. And of all the acts of Parliament made since; which relate to hunting, hawking, fishing, or fowling. London, Printed for Nath. Rolls, at his Auction-house in Petty-Canons in St. Paul's-Church-yard, 1696. Final part set in type mixed with blackletter type. Signatures: A⁸( -A1)B-2G⁸3G⁴3A-3F⁸, ²3G⁴. Final page blank. Michael Laird, bookseller, description: Complete with engraved title-page and all four folding plates; fishing plate (now excised) pressed and objectionally backed with thick paper, as is the title-page for Part 2 which had been torn. Modern half calf over marbled boards, red edges (binding sound but very tight). Curious old inscriptions on engraved title-page: "Some body" and "Nobody." Plates engraved by W. Sherwin and W. Dolle. |
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| Physical Description: | 6 unnumbered pages, 138, that is, 142 pages, 91, 2-78, 71 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 90 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 101 pages, 3 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |