a Persian treatise on falconry Husam al-Dawlah Tīmur Mirza 1874- author. Phillott, D. C. (Douglas Craven) 1860-1930 text text enk 1908 monographic London : Bernard Quaritch, 1908. eng per

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195 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Hụsām al-Dawlah Taymūr Mīrzā ; translated by D.C. Phillott. First edition (one of 500 copies) of this rare Persian treatise on falconry giving a detailed account of falcons as well as hunting-birds in general, translated by Douglas Craven Phillott. The translator's introduction gives an account of the author, a prince of Persia d. 1874) and his book. With manuscript dedication by the translator to Miss Gladys Murdoch on recto first endpaper. Front hinge, spine and last quire loosening; pasted bookplate on half-title; endpapers foxed; upper blank corner of first 26 pp. slightly wrinkled. A rare and very important work by a falconer who flourished in the middle of the 19th century. Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .H87 1908 Book Item-ID: i10191045 BIB-ID: 1525369 a-ir--- Falconry Falconry Iran SK321 .H87 1908 5124271 rda CLE 790630 20131230042636.0 ocm05124271 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng