"Only 100 copies of this treatise have been printed of which this is No. 83." Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .P47 1886 Book Item-ID: i20443080 BIB... Show more"Only 100 copies of this treatise have been printed of which this is No. 83." Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .P47 1886 Book Item-ID: i20443080 BIB-ID: 1829589 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .M45 1949 Book Item-ID: i11393853 BIB-ID: 1171525 Bibliography: p. 71-75. Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General SK321 .M45 1949 Book Item-ID: i11393853 BIB-ID: 1171525 Bibliography: p. 71-75. Show less
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... Show moretranslated 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 Show less
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... Show moretranslated 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 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .H37 1884 Book Item-ID: i11394018 BIB-ID: 1171542 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General SK321 .H37 1884 Book Item-ID: i11394018 BIB-ID: 1171542 Show less
by James Edmund Harting. Binder's title: Hints on hawks. "Corrigenda" slip inserted. Includes index. Second edition of Hartinǵs manual on the... Show moreby James Edmund Harting. Binder's title: Hints on hawks. "Corrigenda" slip inserted. Includes index. Second edition of Hartinǵs manual on the management of hawks and a historial and decriptive explanation on practical falconry. For this edition, the author has not merely revised the original text, but has made considerable additions to it, as well as to the illustrations. With plates and illustrations showing a hooded falcon on block, heron hawking, kite hawking with jerfalcons, the falconer's knot, a falcon in flight, etc. The first edition of this work appeared in 1884 with the same publisher. Binding used; first and last leaves slightly foxed and the usual browning, pasted bookplate and manuscript entry on blank recto of plate facing title-page. Good copy of this manual on practical falconry and the management of hawks. Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .H37 1898 Book Item-ID: i17066980 BIB-ID: 1525364 Show less
