Author: Daniel, The Rev. Wm. B.
Title: SUPPLEMENT TO THE RURAL SPORTS.
Description: Printed for B & R Crosby ..., 1813. 1st Ed. 4to. [x] + [viii] Subscribers + 507pp. + [i] + [xxiv] Index. Additional engraved title page, port. frontis,, 4 plates. Extra illustrated with 15 plates. Light age toning, ex.-libris Brownlow R.C. Tower, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, some loss to boards, extremities rubbed, joints cracked, gilt motifs to rubbed spine lacking title label. ¶ Topics include the average weight to cattle killed in London markets, unequal operation of land tax in various counties, Character of John Knox, Account of Opah or King Fish, remarkable skeleton of a mammoth, Price of Lobsters, Depredations of poachers in the River Severn, Anecdotes of Quails and Quail shooting, etc.

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; SPORTS AND PASTIMES


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