Country contentments: or, The husbandmans recreations. Contayning the wholesome experiences, in which any man ought to recreate himselfe after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grey-hounds and the lawes of the lease, shooting i long-bowe or cros-bowe, bowling, tennis, baloone. The whole art of angling, and the vse of the fighting cocke. By G M.

People / Organizations

• Gervase Markham (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631.

Publication year

1631-1631

ESTC No.

S112050

Grub Street ID

131815

Description

[12], 118, [2] p. ; 4⁰

Note

Dedication signed: Geruase Markham.

A reprint of part 1 of his "Countrey contentments, in two bookes", but the section on horsemanship in this edition is reprinted from his "The second booke of the English husbandman".

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

Also issued as part 2 of his: A way to get wealth (1631, and its undated reissue).

Uncontrolled note

Blanks from F.S. Ferguson notes