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1. The complete sportsman, or, Country gentleman's recreation : containing the whole arts of breeding and managing game cocks, with the best methods of fighting them : of rearing and backing colts : of managing race-horses, hunters, &c. : of horse-racing : of bowling : of hare-hunting : of fox-hunting : of buck-hunting : of otter-hunting : of coursing : of breeding and ordering dogs for the gun or chase, &c. : of angling in all its various branches : of breeding pigeons, rabbets, canary birds, &c. : of finding the haunts of partridges, pheasants, and all manner of game : of shooting, and of shooting flying, &c. : together, with several other equally curious articles, too numerous to be mentioned in this title page / by Thomas Fairfax, Esq.

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Creator:
Fairfax, Thomas, Esq.
Date:
[1760?]
Physical Description:
vi, [1], 8-240, [1], 2-24 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
iv, 414 pages : illustrations. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Oracle of the arts; or, Entertaining expounder of the wonders of science. A series of amusing experiments, useful receipts, and interesting essays on popular arts and sciences. Illustrated by engravings on steel.

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Date:
1824 [i.e. 1825]
Physical Description:
2 p.., iv, [5]-212 p. front., 2 plates. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The Toy merchant.

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Date:
1884
Physical Description:
[11] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957