Blaine, Delabere P. (Delabere Pritchett), An encyclopaedia of rural sports, or, A complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day , 1840
- Title(s):
- An encyclopaedia of rural sports, or, A complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day / by Delabere P. Blaine ... ; illustrated by six hundred engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc.
- Additional Title(s):
Encyclopaedia of rural sports
Complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day
Cover title, on wrappers to the original parts: Encyclopedia of rural sports- Published/Created:
- London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840.
London : Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square - Physical Description:
- xv, [1], 1240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9760296
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- First edition.
"Price 5s."
Issued in ten monthly parts from October 1839 through July 1840 (paged continuously).
Printer's statement from verso of half-title.
Includes index.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 162
BAC: British Art Center copy in the 10 original parts. Bound in publisher's original pale blue wrappers (bearing publisher's advertisements). - Subject Terms:
- Fishing -- Great Britain.Hunting -- Great Britain.Shooting -- Great Britain.Sports -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Publishers advertisements.
Wood engravings -- 1840. - Export:
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