The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion : for town and country. Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, 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, Fish, Singing-Birds, Bees, &c. The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents; And The Method Of Destroying Insects, Vermin, &c. &c. Collected from the best authors, with numerous additions and improvements, And A Summary Of The Game Laws, 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

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms.

Gunpowder.

Hunting--Early works to 1800.

Hunting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii,[533]p., XVI plates )

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Other Title:

Sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion

Place of Publication:

London : printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]

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.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T131283.

OCLC:

642366093