The Sportsman's dictionary, or, The country gentlemen's companion in all rural recreations, with full and particular instructions for hawking, hunting, fowling, setting, fishing, racing, riding, cocking : with the method of breeding, curing, dieting, and ordering of horses, dogs, pigeons, cocks, etc. : extracted from the most celebrated English and French authors, ancient, and modern : with large improvements, made by several gentlemen ... illustrated .., 1735
- Title(s):
The Sportsman's dictionary, or, The country gentlemen's companion in all rural recreations, with full and particular instructions for hawking, hunting, fowling, setting, fishing, racing, riding, cocking : with the method of breeding, curing, dieting, and ordering of horses, dogs, pigeons, cocks, etc. : extracted from the most celebrated English and French authors, ancient, and modern : with large improvements, made by several gentlemen ... illustrated ...
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for C. Hitch, C. Davis, and S. Austen, 1735.
- Physical Description:
- 2 v., 25 [i.e. 26], pl. (part fold.; incl. front., music) ; 21 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSporting 2101Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1273548
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 47
BEIR Uzn13 735s: Autograph: Wm. H. Brewer.
BAC: British Art Center copy: 2 volumes. Octavo. Black speckled brown calf; tooled in gilt on front and back covers and spines, all edges speckled pink. Title-pages in both volumes. Volume I: 15 plates of etchings, 1 etching in text being the frontispiece. Volume II: 10 plates of etchings. Spine height: 8 inches. - Subject Terms:
- Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910.Sports -- Dictionaries.
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