The Gentleman's Recreation in two parts. The First being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences.... The Second Part Treats of Horsmanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture. With a Short Treatise of Cock-Fighting
Richard Blome
(English, 1635–1705)
Samuel Gribelin
(English, 17th century)
Frederik Hendrik van den Hoove
(Dutch (worked in England), 1628–1698)
Arthur Soly
(English, 17th century)
Nicholas Yeates
(English, 17th century)
Francis Barlow
(English, 1626–1702)
Samuel Roycroft
(English, 17th century)
1686
Place of PublicationLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 86 engravings and numerous woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 41.2 x 27.5 x 6.5 cm (16 1/4 x 10 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession number2005.366
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
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London: Samuel Roycroft after Richard Blome, 1686
ProvenanceEarly nineteenth-century ownership inscriptions on front pastedown of Boston residents,Thomas and James [Revalion?]; Charles Hitchcock Tyler (1863 - 1931), by whom bequeathed to MFA, 1932-33.