Item #76 Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock. G. M., Gervaise Markham.
Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.
Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.
Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.
Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.
Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.
Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.

Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning The Wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Longbow or Crosbow, Bowling, Tennis, Baloone. The whole Art of Angling, and the use of the Fighting Cock.

London: Printed by William Wilson, for John Harison, in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1649. 6th Edition. Full calf. 4º, 18cm.; [8],118pp.; full calf with blind tooling, three compartments on spine with gilt decoration including author, title and date; nice early 20th C. binding with the lightest of rubbing. Very good. Item #76

Commonly bound as part of Markham's "A Way to Get Wealth" and appearing in that book's 7th edition as printed here. (Poynter).

Price: $650.00

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