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The gentleman's recreation : in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing ; wherein those ... exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged ... : also the method of breeding and managing a hunting-horse: unto which is now annex'd an appendix of choice receipts for the cure of several maladies : whereto is added, a perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular act of Parliament since Magna charta ... to which is prefix'd a large sculpture, giving easy directions for blowing the horn : and other sculptures proper to each recreation,

Title
The gentleman's recreation : in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing ; wherein those ... exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged ... : also the method of breeding and managing a hunting-horse: unto which is now annex'd an appendix of choice receipts for the cure of several maladies : whereto is added, a perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular act of Parliament since Magna charta ... to which is prefix'd a large sculpture, giving easy directions for blowing the horn : and other sculptures proper to each recreation, / [Nicholas Cox].
Author
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1731.
Publication
London : Printed for N.C. and sold by J. Wilcox, 1721.

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Additional Authors
Manwood, John, -1610.
Description
iv, 438, 115 p., [1] folded leaf : ill.; 20 cm.
Subject
  • Hunting > Early works to 1800
  • Falconry
  • Fowling
  • Fishing
  • Forestry law and legislation > Great Britain
  • Game-laws > Great Britain
Note
  • The "Forest laws" have special t.p.: An abridgment of Manwood's forest law and of all the acts of Parliament ... which related to hunting, hawking, fishing or fowling. London : Printed by H.P. for N.C., 1721.
Call Number
MY (Cox, N. Gentleman's recreation)
LCCN
51054539
OCLC
8007803
Author
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1731.
Title
The gentleman's recreation : in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing ; wherein those ... exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged ... : also the method of breeding and managing a hunting-horse: unto which is now annex'd an appendix of choice receipts for the cure of several maladies : whereto is added, a perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular act of Parliament since Magna charta ... to which is prefix'd a large sculpture, giving easy directions for blowing the horn : and other sculptures proper to each recreation, / [Nicholas Cox].
Imprint
London : Printed for N.C. and sold by J. Wilcox, 1721.
Edition
6th ed., with large additions.
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Manwood, John, -1610. Treatise and discourse on the laws of the forest.
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MY (Cox, N. Gentleman's recreation)
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