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SALVIN (FRANCIS HENRY) AND WILLIAM BRODRICK Falconry in the British Isles... Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, John Van Voorst, 1873 image 1
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SALVIN (FRANCIS HENRY) AND WILLIAM BRODRICK
Falconry in the British Isles... Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, John Van Voorst, 1873

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SALVIN (FRANCIS HENRY) AND WILLIAM BRODRICK

Falconry in the British Isles... Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, half-title, 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates, polished tree calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, the sides gilt-panelled with decorative cornerpieces, spine in 6 compartments within raised bands, gilt-stamped with falconry devices in 4, morocco lettering labels in 2 [Harting 67; Schwerdt II, p. 145], small 4to, John Van Voorst, 1873

Footnotes

A FINE COPY OF "THE BEST MODERN BOOK IN ENGLISH ON THE ART AND PRACTICE OF FALCONRY" (Harting). The authors note in the preface that since the time of the first edition "three species of Falcons, then scarcely known to, or recognized by, British ornithologists, viz. the Saker, Lanner, and Barbary Falcons, have been well represented in England both by living and Preserved specimens...", and as a result this edition has an additional four plates, and is recommended by Harting "for the emendations and additions to the text".

Provenance: J.B. Baillie, inscription on front free endpaper.

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