The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion : for town and country. Containing full and particular instructions for riding, setting, farriery, hunting, fishing, cocking, fowling, racing, hawking, &c. with the various methods to be observed in breeding and dieting of horses both for the road and turf; also, the management of dogs, game-cocks, dunghill-fowls, turkies, geese, ducks, pigeons, singing-birds, &c. and the manner of curing their various diseases and accidents. Collected from the best authors; with very considerable additions and improvements, by experienced gentlemen. Illustrated with copper-plates, representing all the different kinds of nets, snares, and traps, that are now made use of in fowling; and the implements for angling.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting--Early works to 1800.

Hunting.

Physical Description:

viii pages, 548 unnumbered pages,plates ; 4⁰

Edition:

The third edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, No. 25, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a half-title.

An enlarged version of 'The sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion, in all rural recreations', originally published in 1735.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T81905.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.