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Record Nr.

UNISA996391509103316

Autore

Markham Gervase <1568?-1637.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

Edizione

[The fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

[12], 118, [2] p

Soggetti

Horsemanship

Hunting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018