A necessary family-book, both for the city and country, in two parts : Containing exact, plain and short directions, for taking and killing all manner of vermine on land and in water: as, part I. By land. The fox, polcat, buzzard, kite, weasle, adder, snake, caterpillers, frog, mole, pismire, fly, bug, rats and mice; fleas and lice. Part II. By water. The hern, dobchick, coat, or morehen, cormorant, sea-pie, kings-fisher, otter, water-rat, and ospray, all great destroyers of fish. To which is added. Directions for profitable managing of bees, poultry, pigions; and conies; with instructions for breeding up, and managing cattle; very useful for all country people. The whole illustrated with many proper figures. By R.W. Gent.
| Author/creator | R. W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for H. Rhodes at the Star the corner of Bride-Lane in Fleet street, 1706. |
| Description | 81, that is, 79 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | First published in 1688. |
| General note | With five final advertisement pages. |
| General note | P. 61 misnumbered 76; numbers 46,73,74 omitted in pagination; number 48 repeated in pagination. |
| General note | Price on title page: Price 6d. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from National Library of Wales. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T206334. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |