The gentleman's recreations
Subtitle: in three parts. The first part contains a short and easie introduction to all the liberal arts and sciences, &c. The second treats of horsemanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing, agriculture, &c. Done from the most authentick authors, especially several lately printed at Paris, as may be seen in the preface; with great enlargements made by those well experienced in the respective recreations. The third is a complete body of all our forest, chace, and gamelaws, as they are at this time. The whole illustrated with near an hundred copper-cuts relating to the several subjects, particularly all sorts of nets, engines, traps, &c. are added for the taking of wild beasts, fowl, fish, &c. not hitherto publish'd by any
Edition: The 2d ed. cor., with near one half of additions.
Publisher: Printed for R. Bonwicke [etc.
Published: 1709
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Agriculture; Hunting; Science; Veterinary medicine
Notes: Nos. 190-191 & 193-194 omitted in paging.

Plates engr. by Simon Gribelin, Nicholas Yeates & F.H. van Hove after Francis Barlow, Arthur Soly, Jan Wijck & James Collins.

Engraved illustrated half-title (prelim. leaf 1) reads: The gentlemans recreation by R: Blome.

First published under title: The gentlemans recreation.

"The names of ... the subscribers to this second edition of the Gentleman's recreations ...": verso of prelim. leaf 4.

Contents (pts. 2-[3] with separate signatures & paging & special t.-p.'s): Pt. 1 A short and easie introduction to all the liberal arts and sciences.--Pt. 2 Horsemanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing & agriculture.--Pt.[3] The laws of the forest and game.

Pt. 2 has imprint dated 1709 with varying order of publishers; pt. [3] has imprint: [London] In the Savoy, Printed by J. Nutt, assign of Edward Sayer esq; for R. Bonwick, W. Freeman, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, S. Manship, J. Nicholson, R. Parker, B. Tooke, & R. Smith. M.DCC.IX.

All but five of the engravings are printed from the same plates as the first edition, usually with directions to the binder added; the plates entitled "Takeing say of ye stagg" & "The death of the fox" in pt.2 are dedicated to Lord Bertie & Alan Bellingham, respectively, possibly in this edition only; the diagrams entitled "Theology" in pt.1 & "Fishing, & angling" in pt.2 are dedicated to Sir William Courtenay & Sir William Drake, respectively, possibly in this edition only.

The engravings intended to be bound facing p.29, 45, 63, 67 & 127 in pt.1 & p.83, 97, 117, 121, 136, 139, 143, 145, 149, 151, 165, 171, 179, 225, 253 & 313 in pt.2 are misbound facing p.28, 44, 62, 66 & 126 in pt.1 & p.82, 96, 116, 120, 134, 138, 142, 144, 148, 150, 164, 170, 178, 224, 252 & 312 in pt.2.