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A fine book containing the earliest known illustrations of British field sports
A fine book containing the earliest known illustrations of British field sports
A fine book containing the earliest known illustrations of British field sports

BLOME, Richard.

The Gentleman's Recreation. In Two Parts. The First being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences... The Second Part, treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing and Agriculture...

London, Printed by S. Roycroft for Richard Blome, Dwelling at the Upper End of Dutchy-Lane, near Somerset-House in the Strand, 1686.

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The Gentleman's Recreation.

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An impressive work containing the earliest known illustrations of British Field sports. An elaborate endeavour for the time, this volume remains a good source on science, husbandry, agriculture, hunting, and fishing, containing extensive illustrations and diagrams in addition to the 85 copper-engraved plates.

First edition; small folio (420 x 260 mm); engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red & black, 85 copper-engraved plates, further woodcut illustrations in the text, initials, head & tailpieces, the odd minor tear, slightly toned; later diced calf, decorative gilt roll border, sometime rebacked, contrasting morocco lettering-piece to spine, upper joint rubbed an starting to split at head of spine, extremities rubbed with slight loss to corners, later endpapers, very good; [16], 236, [2], 280, [4]pp.

ESTC R23267.

Stock code 123910

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A fine book containing the earliest known illustrations of British field sports

The Gentleman's Recreation.

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