The noble art of venerie or hunting : Wherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill euery one of them. Translated & collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approoued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here in this noble realme of Great Britaine.
| Author/creator | Gascoigne, George |
| Other author | Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?, attributed name. |
| Other author | Fouilloux, Jacques du, 1521?-1580. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | At London : Printed by Thomas Purfoot, An. Dom. 1611. |
| Description | [8], 200, [4], 201-204, 207-250, [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts), music |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240892080 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Noble arte of venerie or hunting |
| Variant title | Booke of hunting. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | By George Gascoigne, whose name appears on [par.]3v. |
| General note | An adaptation of: Fouilloux, Jacques du. La vénerie. |
| General note | Partly in verse. |
| General note | Usually bound with an edition of "The booke of falconrie or hawking" by George Turberville, to whom this work is sometimes attributed. |
| General note | The first leaf is blank. |
| General note | Running title reads: The booke of hunting. |
| General note | The last two leaves contain bugle calls. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| General note | Print faded and show-through with some lost print on pages 93 and 150. Pages 80-105 and 140-163 from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library copy spliced at end. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 24329. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1367:10) |
| Other title | Vénerie. |
| Stock number | CL0036000037 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |