The gentleman's recreation: in four parts. Viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing. Wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore. Also the method of breeding and managing a hunting-horse. Whereto is prefix'd, a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn; and other sculptures inserted, proper to each recreation

People / Organizations

• N. Rolls ("printed for")
• Ichabod Dawks ("printed by")

Imprint

London: printed by J. Dawks, for N. Rolls, in Petty-Canons-Hall, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1697. The fourth edition, to which is now added, a perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular Act of Parliament since Magna Charta to this time, as do any way relate to the several kinds of game above mention'd.; ..

Added name

Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692. Hunter.; Manwood, John, -1610. Abridgment of Manwood's Forrest laws.; Manwood, John, -1610. Treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest. Abridgments. ; England and Wales. Laws, etc.

Publication year

1697

ESTC No.

R2155

Grub Street ID

90523

Description

[8], 88, 85-138, 91, 2-78, 71, [1], 90, [10], 101, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates ; 8°.

Note

Dedication signed: Nicholas Cox

With a preliminary advertisement leaf

With an additional title page (plate), engraved and signed: W. Sherwin sc

The words "hunting, hawking," are gathered by a right brace, and "fowling, fishing." are gathered by a left brace on title page

The large folded plate with title "Antient hunting notes" (apparently also sold separately) is signed "W. Dolle: sc" and has advertisement at foot "Theis noats are taught & sould by Michaell Marsh at ye Huntsman at Holborne Bridge"

The plates illustrating the sections on hunting, hawking, fowling, and fishing are all signed by William Dolle

Leaf A3r, the first page of the dedication to James Lord Norris, is a cancel and gives Norris's title as Earl of Abingdon. Variant: A3r is not a cancel and gives Norris's title as Baron Ricot

Includes "The hunter" by Gerard Langbaine, originally published in 1685 (Wing L374)

Includes an abridgment by Nicholas Cox of "A treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest" by John Manwood, originally published in 1598. The abridgment has separate dated title page with title "An abridgment of Manwood's forrest laws" and imprint "London, printed for Nath. Rolls, ... 1696"; pagination is separate, register begins 3A1. It may also have been issued separately (Wing M553)

"An abridgment of Manwood's Forrest laws" is identified as Wing (2nd ed.) M553 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 697.