THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN, Or, Country Gentleman's Recreation. Containing the Whole Arts Of Breeding.Of Hare-hunting, Of Fox-hunting.Of Coursing.Of Angling.Of finding the haunts of Partridges, Pheasants and all Manner of Game, Of Shooting. Together, with several other equally curius Articles too numerous to be mentioned in this Title Page.

J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, 1760

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Year of publication

1760

Place of printing

London

Author

[Sporting, Field Sports], Fairfax

Publishers

J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head in Pater-Noster-Row

Edition

FIRST EDITION. A complete work for the sportsman, written at a

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition. With an engraved frontispiece of a "chace" in the field, showing dogs, keepers, men on horseback and a country scene. Large 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary antique mottled calf, the covers with double gilt fillet lines at the borders, the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, the compartments elaborately decorated with fully gilt decorative tooling, two contrasting red and green morocco lettering labels gilt, elaborate gilt rolled turnovers, marbled end-leaves, all edges gilt. vi, [7] - 240 pp. A handsome copy, the text-block in excellent condition, clean and crisp, the binding with some light rubbing and age evidence, but without loss or significant wear.