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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. With a Short Treatise of Cock-Fighting
Author: Richard Blome (English, 1635–1705)
Engraved by: Samuel Gribelin (English, 17th century)
Engraved by: Frederik Hendrik van den Hoove (Dutch (worked in England), 1628–1698)
Engraved by: Arthur Soly (English, 17th century)
Engraved by: Nicholas Yeates (English, 17th century)
After: Francis Barlow (English, 1626–1702)
Printer: Samuel Roycroft (English, 17th century)
Engraved by: Samuel Gribelin (English, 17th century)
Engraved by: Frederik Hendrik van den Hoove (Dutch (worked in England), 1628–1698)
Engraved by: Arthur Soly (English, 17th century)
Engraved by: Nicholas Yeates (English, 17th century)
After: Francis Barlow (English, 1626–1702)
Printer: Samuel Roycroft (English, 17th century)
1686
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 86 engravings and numerous woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 41.2 x 27.5 x 6.5 cm (16 1/4 x 10 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number2005.366
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: Samuel Roycroft after Richard Blome, 1686
Catalogue Raisonné
Wing B3213
Description(London: Samuel Roycroft for Richard Blome, 1686) Folio; 268 leaves, plus plates; contemporary blind-stamped brown calf, gilt-stamped black leather label
Allegorical title page; subscribers' coats of arms; diagrammatic presentations of fields of study; illustrations of various trades and methods of hunting; numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text.
First edition. Only a few of the engravings are signed, three by "S. Gribelin," who could be either Simon or Samuel, though their awkwardness speaks for the latter. One is signed "Ia. Collins," who is unidentified. Only a few of the hunting scenes are clearly identified as being after designs by Barlow.
Allegorical title page; subscribers' coats of arms; diagrammatic presentations of fields of study; illustrations of various trades and methods of hunting; numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text.
First edition. Only a few of the engravings are signed, three by "S. Gribelin," who could be either Simon or Samuel, though their awkwardness speaks for the latter. One is signed "Ia. Collins," who is unidentified. Only a few of the hunting scenes are clearly identified as being after designs by Barlow.
ProvenanceEarly nineteenth-century ownership inscriptions on front pastedown of Boston residents,Thomas and James [Revalion?]; Charles Hitchcock Tyler (1863 - 1931), by whom bequeathed to MFA, 1932-33.