A necessary family-book : both for the city & country, in two parts. Containing exact, plain and short rule and directions, for taking and killing all manner of vermin on land and in water: as, Part I. By land. The fox, polcat, buzzard, kite, weasle, adder, snake, caterpiller, frog, mile, pismire, fly, bug, rats and mice, fleas and lice. Part II. By water. The hern, dob-chick, coot, or more-hen, cormorant, sea-pie, kings-fisher, otter, water-rat, and ospray, all great destroyers of fish. To which are added, many natural and artificial conclusions, both pleasant and profitable. The whole illustrated with many proper figures. By R. W. gent.
- R. W
- Date:
- 1688
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Also known as
Natural and artificial conclusions, both pleasant and profitable.
Publication/Creation
London : printed for John Harris, at the Harrow against the church in the Poultry, 1688.
Physical description
2 unnumbered pages, 80 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations
Contributors
References note
Wing (2nd ed.) W100.
Notes
With six final advertisement leaves.
Parts 1 and 2 and "Natural and artificial conclusions, both pleasant and profitable" are each headed by caption titles; pagination and register are continuous.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1940:17) s1999 miun s