THE FALCONRY, HAWKING & COURSING COLLECTION
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A truly wonderful and unique collection of 38 vintage books on one DVD data disc covering all aspects of FALCONRY & HAWKING.
The ancient pursuit of hunting wild animals in their natural habitat
using birds of prey is a pastime that is enjoyed the world over. Thought to
have originated at around 2000 BC in Mesopotamia,
falconry has often been regarded as the sport of kings and nobility. This is a
real treasure trove of books, some of which are extremely rare, providing a
valuable research library for anyone with an interest in this fascinating
subject. Also included are books on coursing – the pursuit of wild animals
using hunting dogs.
Overall, this is an amazing
collection of books providing literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and
fabulous illustrations. All of the books have been professionally scanned in
high quality and are presented in pdf format on one unique DVD data disc – easy
to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone or kindle / e-reader. You
can also print entire volumes or simply select pages if required. Most of the books are in English with several additional works in French and Spanish. The full list
of titles included speaks for itself.....
The Full List of
Titles is as Follows:
A treatise of modern faulconry - J. Campbell (1773)
A year of sport and natural
history - shooting, hunting, coursing, falconry and fishing by O. Crawfurd (1895)
Arrian on coursing by W. Dansey
(1831 Ed)
Arte da caça de altaneria by D.
Fernandes Ferriera (1899)
Bibliotheca accipitraria; a
catalogue of books ancient and modern relating to falconry, with notes,
glossary and vocabulary by J. E. Harting (1891)
British field sports - embracing
practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing
by J. Lawrence (1820)
Coursing and falconry by H. Cox
(1899)
El libro de las aves de caça by
P. L. de Ayala (1869)
El libro dela caza by D. J. Manuel
(1880)
Falconry - its claims, history, and practice - G. E. Freeman (1859)
Falconry by E. D. Radcliffe
(1890)
Falconry in the valley of the indus - R. F. Burton (1852)
Falconry, the sport of kings by
L. A. Fuertes (1920)
Heinrich Mynsinger von den falken, pferden und hunden - M. Albertus (1863)
Hunting dogs by O. Hartley
(c1909)
La conférence des fauconniers de Charles d'Arcussia, réimprimée sur l'édition de 1644 - E. Jullien (1883)
La fauconnerie, ancienne et moderne - J. C. Chenu (1862)
Le livre de l'art de faulconnerie
et des chiens de chasse (Vol. 1) by G. Tardif (1882)
Le livre de l'art de faulconnerie
et des chiens de chasse (Vol. 2) by G. Tardif (1882)
Lord Lilford on birds, With contributed papers upon falconry and otter hunting - T. Lilford (1903)
Practical falconry, to which is
added, How I became a falconer by G. E. Freeman (1869)
Reminiscences of an old sportsman
(Vol. 1) by J. P. Hamilton (1860)
Reminiscences of an old sportsman
(Vol. 2) by J. P. Hamilton (1860)
Rural sports Vol. 2 by W. B.
Daniel (1801)
Saddle and sirloin by H. H. Dixon
(1870)
Syanika satra or a book on
hawking by R. Rudradeva (1910)
The art and practice of hawking
by E. B. Michell (1900)
The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri, a Persian treatise on falconry - Husam al-Dawlah Timur Mirza (English Translation)(1908)
The book of Saint Albans - A
treatise on Hawking, Hunting and Cote D'Amour
by J. Berners (1881)
The booke of falconrie or hawking, for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen - G. Turberville (1611)
The gentleman's recreation in
four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing by N. Cox (1686)
The hare National history by H.
A. Macpherson (1896)
The ornithology of Francis
Willughby of Middleton in the county
of Warwick by F.
Willughby (1678)
The shooter's guide or, Complete
sportsman's companion by T. B. Johnson (1826)
The sporting dog by J. A. Graham
(1904)
Traité de fauconnerie (Vol.
Plates) by E. Schlegel (1844)
Traité de fauconnerie (Vol.
Text) by E. Schlegel (1844)
With hound and terrier in the
field - hunting reminiscences by A. F. Serrell (1904)
AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN FALCONRY, HAWKING & COURSING - A TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION FOR A VERY SMALL PRICE!
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All of the files are presented in pdf format, easy to read on your
computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that
can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.
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can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.
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