Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations. : Contayning the wholesome experiences in which any man ought to recreate himself after the toyle of more serious business. As namely hunting, hawking, coursing with greyhounds, and the lawes of the lease, shooting in longbow or crossbow, bowling, tennis, baloone. The whole art of angling and the use of the fighting cock. / By G.M.

  • Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations. : Contayning the wholesome experiences in which any man ought to recreate himself after the toyle of more serious business. As namely hunting, hawking, coursing with greyhounds, and the lawes of the lease, shooting in longbow or crossbow, bowling, tennis, baloone. The whole art of angling and the use of the fighting cock. / By G.M. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed by W. Wilson for E. Brewster, and George Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-hill, neere Fleet-bridge, 1654.

Physical description

4 unnumbered pages, 92 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 4to (19 cm)

Edition

The seventh edition. Newly corrected, enlarged, and adorned with many excellent additions as may appear by this mark ... [printer's device].

References note

Wing (2nd ed.), M621
ESTC R31183

Notes

"To the reader" signed : Gervase Markham.

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