The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion [electronic resource] : for town and country. Containing full and particular instructions for riding, setting, farriery, hunting, fishing, cocking, fowling, racing, 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, turkies, 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 in fowling; and the implements for angling.
1785
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The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion [electronic resource] : for town and country. Containing full and particular instructions for riding, setting, farriery, hunting, fishing, cocking, fowling, racing, 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, turkies, 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 in fowling; and the implements for angling.
Uniform Title
Sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion.
Edition
The third edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, No. 25, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
viii,[548]p.,plates ; 4⁰.
Note
With a half-title.
An enlarged version of 'The sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion, in all rural recreations', originally published in 1735.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
An enlarged version of 'The sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion, in all rural recreations', originally published in 1735.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T81905.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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