Essays on hunting : Containing philosophical enquiry into the nature and properties of the scent; observations on the different kinds of hounds, with the manner of training them. Also, directions for the choice of hunter; The Qualifications requisite for a Huntsman; And other general Rules to be observed in every Contingency incident to the Chace. With an Introduction, describing the Method of Hare-Hunting, practised by the Greeks. By a sportsman of Berkshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardiner, John Smallman., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting--Early works to 1800.

Hunting.

Genre:

Essays.

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii,[1],135,[3]p. )

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Essays on hunting.

Place of Publication:

Southampton : printed and sold by T. Baker, sold also, by J. Bew, Paternoster-Row, J. Robson, New Bond-Street, London; & D. Prince, Oxford, [1782?]

Notes:

With a final errata leaf.

Extracted from 'An essay on hunting', 1733, with essays by J.S. Gardiner reprinted from 'The art and the pleasures of hare-hunting', 1750.

Edited by William Blane.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T104956.

OCLC:

642251439