02538nam 2200517Ia 450 99638562230331620231219231257.0(CKB)4940000000078860(EEBO)2240973716(OCoLC)ocm12757085e(OCoLC)12757085(EXLCZ)99494000000007886019851104d1686 uy |engurbn#|||a|bb|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 subjectsLondon Printed by S. Roycroft for Richard Blome ...16862 pts. ([16], 236, [1], 280, [4] p., [103] leaves of plates ill., charts, coats of arms, plansAdded 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.eebo-0113Encyclopedias and dictionariesEarly works to 1800SportsGreat BritainAgricultureEarly works to 1800ScienceEarly works to 1800HuntingEarly works to 1800Veterinary medicineEarly works to 1800Encyclopedias and dictionariesSportsAgricultureScienceHuntingVeterinary medicineBlome Richard1635-1705.1005190EAAEAAm/cUMIWaOLNBOOK996385622303316The gentlemans recreation2310667UNISA