The gentleman's dictionary : in three parts : viz. I. The art of riding the great horse ... II. The military art ... III. The art of navigation ... / each part done alphabetically, from the sixteenth edition of the original French, published by the Sieur Guillet ... ; with large additions, alterations and improvements, adapted to the customs and actions of the English; and above forty curious cuts, that were not in the original.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillet de Saint-Georges, Georges, 1625-1705.

Contributor:

Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Arts de l'homme d'épée, ou, Le dictionnaire du gentilhomme. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Horsemanship--Dictionaries.

Horsemanship.

Military art and science--Dictionaries.

Military art and science.

Naval art and science--Dictionaries.

Naval art and science.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

384 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for H. Bonwicke ... T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke ... and S. Manship ..., 1705.

Notes:

Translation into English of: Les arts de l'homme d'épée, ou, Le dictionnaire du gentilhomme.

With half-title.

Signatures: a⁴ A-2G⁸ 2H⁴(-2H4) 3A-3K⁸ chi1.

Title page within woodcut borders.

Without pagination.

Printed in double columns.

Advertisements at end.

Local Notes:

Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: leaf a4 misbound between A1 and A2.

Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: plates mounted on white cloth.

Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: last leaf detached from spine.

Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: t.p. and half-title mended at margins with no loss of text.

Cited in:

Fox, C.G. The Fairman Rogers Coll. on the horse and equitation, 358

OCLC:

12291697