May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
COX, NICHOLAS; and BLOME, RICHARD. The Gentleman's Recreation. 80 engraved plates on 77 leaves. [10], 290; [2], 385, [1]; 67 pages, including engraved additional title. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 398x250 mm, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, endpapers removed; clean tears and rust holes in a few text leaves, repaired clean tear with some adhesive discoloration at top of plate facing page 285 in first part. London, 1710

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The 3 parts deal with the liberal arts and sciences; horsemanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing, and agriculture; and forest, hunting, and game laws.