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Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations [electronic resource] : Contayning the wholeso...

Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations [electronic resource] : Contayning the wholeso...

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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. The whole art of angling, and the vse of the fighting cocke. By G M.

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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. The whole art of angling, and the vse of the fighting cocke. By G M.

Publisher

London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631.

Alternative title

Husbandmans recreations.

Date

1631.

Record Identifier

74VMlw0AK7kA

MMS ID

991003214109702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[12], 118, [2] p.

Publication information

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].

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1631.

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

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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Notes

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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MMS ID

991003214109702626