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: Unto which is now annex'd an Appendix of choice Receipts for the Cure of several Maladies. Whereto is 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. To which is prefix'd, a large sculpture, giving easy directions for blowing the horn. And other Sculptures proper to each Recreation.
Nicholas Cox (1673-1721)
Category
Books
Date
1706
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3211871
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],138,91,2-78,71,[1],106;[2],101,[9]p.,plates;. 8vo. Eighteenth-century ink price notes at end: CD 4-0, -6 and 2-6. Provenance: Pencil inscription on front flyleaf: R.W.K C re-backed 1955 [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style calf binding, panel made up of blind fillets, rolls and cornerpieces, gilt roll on board edges, five raised bands sewn on three cords, modern black morocco label: Gentleman's Recreation. Red edges.
Makers and roles
Nicholas Cox (1673-1721), author John Manwood (d.1610), author