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, 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.
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- M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
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Also known as
Sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion.
Publication/Creation
London : printed for Fielding and Walker, No. 20, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
Physical description
viii,[472]p., XVI plates ; 40.
References note
ESTC T131284
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.