Lot 14
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BLOME, RICHARD. 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... London: S. Roycroft for Richard Blome 1686. 2 parts in one, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners restored, modern slipcase, "Arts and Science" plate [28] supplied from another copy, a minor perforation to two plates and one text leaf, a few short marginal tears, a few plates browned, occasional marginal dampstaining and soiling. FIRST EDITION, imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title, letterpress title printed in red and black, 86 engraved plates including 10 plates of subscribers' arms (with an additional 31st Arts and Sciences plate, not listed in Schwerdt). Harting 41; Schwerdt I, 72; Wing B-3213. Ownership inscription of "Mr. Thynn" on title; E. Hubert Litchfield; M. C. Wallingford; E. Hubert Litchfield; James Fagan Scharnberg, bookplates.

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BLOME, RICHARD. 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... London: S. Roycroft for Richard Blome 1686. 2 parts in one, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners restored, modern slipcase, "Arts and Science" plate [28] supplied from another copy, a minor perforation to two plates and one text leaf, a few short marginal tears, a few plates browned, occasional marginal dampstaining and soiling. FIRST EDITION, imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title, letterpress title printed in red and black, 86 engraved plates including 10 plates of subscribers' arms (with an additional 31st Arts and Sciences plate, not listed in Schwerdt). Harting 41; Schwerdt I, 72; Wing B-3213. Ownership inscription of "Mr. Thynn" on title; E. Hubert Litchfield; M. C. Wallingford; E. Hubert Litchfield; James Fagan Scharnberg, bookplates.