RAPTOR ON THE FIST: FALCONRY, ITS IMAGERY AND SIMILAR MOTIFS THROUGHOUT THE MILLENNIA ON A GLOBAL SCALE. Edited by Oliver Grimm, in cooperation with Karl-Heinz Gersmann and Anne-Lise Tropato.

2020 1st edition. 2 large 4to volumes in a slipcase. Large 4to (225 x 320mm). Ppxvi,518,x,519-1056. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations throughout, maps. Laminated boards and slipcase.

"The ultimate illustrated book on falconry history." A huge and wide-ranging examination of the images associated with falconry. These volumes form part of an on-going series, hence the volumes' numbering, 2/1, 2/2, and those of the previous installment (Raptor and Human - four matching volumes), 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4. The whole series has the title, Advanced Studies on The Archaeology And History of Hunting, and has been given the magazines and periodicals serial number, ISSN 2511-8295.