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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 |
