The gentlemans recreation 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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- The gentlemans recreation 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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- Blome, Richard, d. 1705.
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- London :: Printed by S. Roycroft for Richard Blome ...,
- 1686.
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- Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
- Sports -- Great Britain.
- Agriculture -- Early works to 1800.
- Science -- Early works to 1800.
- Hunting -- Early works to 1800.
- Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"The gentlemans recreation 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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28396.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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THE Gentlemans Recreation.
In Two Parts.
The First being an ENCYCLOPEDY OF THE ARTS and SCIENCES.
TO WIT, An Abridgment thereof, which (in a clear Method) Treats of the DOCTRINE, and GENERAL PARTS of each ART, with ELIPTICAL TABLES, comprehending a Summary and General Division thereof; being a TRANSLATION from the most Au∣thentick AUTHORS, by Persons well Experienced therein.
TO WHICH Divers SCULPTURES, and SCHEMES, are added for the better Illustration, and Demonstration thereof.
THE SECOND PART, Treats of
- HORSMANSHIP,
- HAWKING,
- HUNTING,
- FOWLING,
- FISHING, and
- AGRICULTURE.
WITH A Short Treatise of COCK-FIGHTING; for the BREEDING, DYETTING, ORDERING, MATCHING, and FIGHTING them.
ALL WHICH Are Collected from the most Authentick AUTHORS, and the many Gross ERRORS therein Corrected, with great ENLARGEMENTS, made by those well Experienced in the said RECREATIONS.
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 Vseful SCULPTURES, Engraven in COPPER, relating to the several SUBJECTS.
LONDON, Printed by S. ROYCROFT, for RICHARD BLOME, Dwelling at the Upper End of Dutchy-Lane, near Somerset-House in the Strand, MDCLXXXVI.