The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion for town and country. Containing full and particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, Hawking, &c. With The various Methods to be observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses both for the Road and Turf; also, the Management of Dogs, Game-Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-Birds, &c. And the Manner of Curing their various Diseases and Accidents. Collected from the best authors; with very considerable additions and improvements, by experienced gentlemen. Illustrated with copper-plates, representing all the different Kinds of Nets, Snares, and Traps, that are now made Use of
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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London
printed for Fielding and Walker, No. 20, Pater-Noster-Row
1778, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | An enlarged version of 'The sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion, in all rural recreations', originally published in 1735. - English Short Title Catalog, T131284. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - With a half-title |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (viii,[472]p., XVI plates) 4° |