A TREATISE UPON FALCONRY IN TWO PARTS. By James Cockburn Belany.
1841 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 228mm). Ppvii,v,277,i + 6pp glossary. Engraved frontispiece. Publisher's blind-stamped red cloth.
"Part First. Containing Observations upon the Nature, Antiquity, and History of Falconry. Part Second. Containing Notices of the different Hawks used in British Hawking, the Proper Method of Keeping, Training, and Flying the Birds, the Apparatus belonging to the Art, etc." One of the scarcest of all falconry books and an important reference work, despite criticism by Harting. Swift 53.01.
"Part First. Containing Observations upon the Nature, Antiquity, and History of Falconry. Part Second. Containing Notices of the different Hawks used in British Hawking, the Proper Method of Keeping, Training, and Flying the Birds, the Apparatus belonging to the Art, etc." One of the scarcest of all falconry books and an important reference work, despite criticism by Harting. Swift 53.01.
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52992
| Author | Belany (James Cockburn). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 52992 |
| ISBN | B00089WZZG. |
| Book Description | Recased in original cloth, later cloth spine. Lacks frontispiece, internally a very clean copy. Newspaper cutting (re. crow hawking, 1894) taped to front end-paper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1841 |
| Publisher | Printed for the author. |
| Place | Berwick-upon-Tweed. |