Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations [electronic resource] : Contayning the wholeso...
Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations [electronic resource] : Contayning the wholesome experiences, in which any man ought to recreate himselfe after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grey-hounds and the lawes of the lease, shooting in long-bowe or cross-bowe, bowling, tennis, baloone. The whole art of angling, and the vse of the fighting cocke. By G M.
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London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631.
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Date
1631.
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English
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[12], 118, [2] p.
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Publisher
London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631.
Edition
The fourth edition. Newly corrected, enlarged, and adorned with many excellent additions, as may appeare by this marke, [pointing hand].
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England
Date Published
1631.
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Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations [electronic resource] : Contayning the wholesome experiences, in which any man ought to recreate himselfe after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grey-hounds and the lawes of the lease, shooting in long-bowe or cross-bowe, bowling, tennis, baloone. T...
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General note
Dedication signed: Geruase Markham.
A reprint of part 1 of his "Countrey contentments, in two bookes", but the section on horsemanship in this edition is reprinted from his "The second booke of the English husbandman".
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Also issued as part 2 of his: A way to get wealth (1631, and its undated reissue).
Reproduction of the original in the British Library....
Citation / References Note
STC (2nd ed.) 17344.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/56.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 813:10)
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74VMlw0AK7kA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMlw0AK7kA
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