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Blome (Richard), ob. 1705 
Blome, “ originally a ruler of paper and afterwards a 
kind of arms printer ” (vide Diet. Nat. Biog.), had the re- 
putation of issuing his splendid works by the aid of sub- 
scriptions adroitly levied, and according to Wood, employed 
necessitous persons to write, and generally got a livelihood 
by “ bold practices.” In addition to the undermentioned, 
he published two editions of Guillim’s Display of Hemldrie 
and some ten or twelve other works, chiefly of a nature 
appealing to the pockets of the nobility and gentry. 
1686. The | Gentleman’s Recreation. | In Two Parts. | The first being an 
| Encyclopedy | of the | Arts and Sciences. | [etc. 9 lines] | The 
second Part, | Treats of | Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, 
Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture. With | a short treatise of 
Cock-Fighting [etc. 11 lines] | London, | Printed by S. Roycroft, 
for Richard Blome, dwelling at the upper end | of Dutchy-Lane, 
near Somerset-House in the Strand : mdclxxxvi. 
Collation — 1 vol. folio. First Part : pp. 16 un. (Royal 
Approbation, Frontispiece, Title, Dedication to James II., Preface 
to Reader, Account of Arts and Sciences) + fol. 10 (Coats of Arms) 
+ pp. 2 (Chart of Arts and Sciences) + pp. 236. Second Part: 
Title + pp. 280 + pp. 3, Table of Contents. About 100 copper- 
plates ; there are 5 of Hawking, and others on Fowling, etc. 
Hawking at pp. 27-65, Fowling at pp. 119-75. 
Idem. 2nd edit., corrected. 1710. Folio. 
Bloomfield (Robert) 1766-1823 
Bloomfield is best known as the author of the poems 
“ The Farmer’s Boy,” etc. The chief interest of the under- 
noted work lies in the woodcut illustration of British birds. 
The letterpress contains simple accounts of some of the 
habits of British birds (together with poultry, insects, etc.). 
The editor states in his preface that it was “ projected and 
written by Robert Bloomfield . . . except Letters VIII, X, 
XI, and XVI, by his eldest son Charles. It was the author’s 
intention to publish it uniformly with his other juvenile 
work . . . but he did not live to do so.” 
