The complete sportsman; 1817

The complete sportsman; 1817

Author: T. H. Needham

Year: 1817

The complete sportsman (1817) by T. H. Needham Sub Title: containing a compendious view of the ancient and modern chase; a concise history of the various kinds of dogs used in the sprots of the field; and also of the quadrupeds and birds which are the objects of pursuit; the method of breeding and training hounds, greyhounds, setters, pointers, &c.; the diseases of dogs, with the method of cure; shooting with particular instructions where in the art of shooting flying is reduced to practical certainty; the choice of a fowling-piece, powder, shot, &c.; the ancient forest and game laws; the modern game laws explained and illustrated by a variety of cases; the laws relating to dogs; angling and the laws relating to fish; with every instruction and information relative to the diversions of the field / Published in 1817 in London by W. Simpkin & R. Marshall Notes: First Daniels copy - 3/4 brown leather binding over marbled boards. Five raised bands with gilt decoration and title on the spine. Top edge gilt and marbled endpapers. Second Daniels copy in tan flexible leather binding with decorative stitching border and gilt pictorial decoration and title on the cover and spine. Top edge gi