Falconry Its Claims, History and Practice To Which Are Added Remarks On Training The Otter And Cormorant
Author:
FREEMAN Gage Earle, SALVIN Francis Henry
Year:
1859
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Longmans, Green, Longman and Roberts
Summary:
XV 352 pages, engraved frontis + 3 full page plates and 3 text illus, bookplate of Thomas Westwood (angling bibliographer) bound in contemporary 1/2 dark red morroco, chipping to head of spine and corners, some darkening to the leather. Harting 68. A work to be commended by two leading falconers, teh book contains much information about heron hawking from the early 1800s through to the 1850s + chapter on goshawks and sparrow hawks.
Ref:
18841