Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations : Contayning the wholesome experiences, in which any man ought to recreate himselfe after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grey-hounds and the lawes of the lease, shooting in long-bowe or cross-bowe, bowling, tennis, baloone. The whole art of angling, and the vse of the fighting cocke. By G M.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 813:10.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horsemanship--Early works to 1800.

Horsemanship.

Hunting--Early works to 1800.

Hunting.

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 118 pages, 2 unnumbered pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Edition:

The fourth edition. [Newly corrected, enlarged, and adorned with many excellent additions, as may appeare by this marke, [pointing hand].

Other Title:

Husbandmans recreations.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631.

Notes:

Dedication signed: Geruase Markham.

A reprint of part 1 of his "Countrey contentments, in two bookes", but the section on horsemanship in this edition is reprinted from his "The second booke of the English husbandman".

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

Also issued as part 2 of his: A way to get wealth (1631, and its undated reissue).

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1959. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 813:10). s1959 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 17344.

OCLC:

61370713