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,…

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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, turkeys, 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.

Auteur :

Thomas Cook, Carroll

Adresse :

London : printed for Fielding and Walker, n° 20, Pater-Noster-row. M.DCC.LXXVIII

Éditeur :

John Walker, John Fielding

Date :

1778

Description matérielle :

VIII-[472] p., front., XVI pl. ; in-4.

Matière :

Cheval

Source :

Bibliothèque nationale de France (2023)

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Signé [A]-Ooo4.

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