The gentlemans recreation [electronic resource] : in two parts : the first being an encyclopedy of t...
The gentlemans recreation [electronic resource] : in two parts : the first being an encyclopedy of the arts and sciences ... the second part treats of horsmanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing, and agriculture : with a short treatise of cock-fighting ... : all which are collected from the most authentick authors, and the many gross errors therein corrected, with great enlargements ... : and for the better explanation thereof, great variety of useful sculptures, as nets, traps, engines, &c. are added for the taking of beasts, fowl and fish : not hitherto published by any : the whole illustrated with about an hundred ornamental and useful sculptures engraven in copper, relating to the several subjects.
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London : Printed by S. Roycroft for Richard Blome ..., 1686.
Date
1686.
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English
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2 pts. ([16], 236, [1], 280, [4] p., [103] leaves of plates : ill., charts, coats of arms, plans.
Publication information
Publisher
London : Printed by S. Roycroft for Richard Blome ..., 1686.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1686.
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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The gentlemans recreation [electronic resource] : in two parts : the first being an encyclopedy of the arts and sciences ... the second part treats of horsmanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing, and agriculture : with a short treatise of cock-fighting ... : all which are collected from the most authentick authors, and the many gross errors the...
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General note
Added engraved t.p.
Dedication signed: Richard Blome.
Part 2 has special t.p. and separate paging with imprint: London : Printed for the Undertaker Richard Blome, 1686.
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
Approbation of Charles II, "given ... the 14th day of February 1682/3," first preliminary leaf; engraved coats of arms of the "Benefactors to this work," f. 1-10....
Citation / References Note
Wing B3213.
T. Westwood and T. Satchell. Bib. piscatoria 1183, p. 35.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 375:10)
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74VvZr5QwlrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZr5QwlrO
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991004651859702626
