1566 - 1710     FALCONRY and HUNTING. BOOKS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, MISCELLANEA etc.

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77 1606 Latham S 77 1606 Latham S
77 1606 Latham S 77 1606 Latham S
77/1606 Latham, S. Lathams Faulconry, or the Faulcons Lure and Cure: In Two Books. The first concerning the ordering and training up of all Hawks in generall; especially the Haggard Faulcon-Gentle. The second, teaching approved Medicines for the cure of all Diseases in them. London, R. Hodgkinsonne for Th. Rooks, 1658, 2 parts in 1 vol., (32),176,(2); (22),144,(6)p., woodcut frontisp., several repeated plates and ills., 19th cent. hcalf, sm. 8vo.

- Occas. trifle foxed in blank margins. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities. Fine copy.

= The second part is titled: Latham's New and Second Book of Faulconry. The two works were first published separately in 1614 and 1618. The frontisp. to the first part shows the Haggard falcon surrounded by various falconer's tools; the woodcut vignette on the title-p. of the second work shows a falconer on horseback carrying his falcon on his arm. Harting 20 (note); Souhart p.285 (note) and cf. Schwerdt I, p.302. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.

€ (1.500-2.500) 5500
77 1607 Le Masson E 77 1607 Le Masson E
77/1607 Le Masson, E. Souvenirs d'un chasseur touriste suivis d'un essai sur la chasse souterraine du blaireau et du renard. Avranches/ Paris, Tostain, A. Anfray a.o., 1859, (4),304,(2)p., orig. wr.

- Uncut copy with approx. half of the leaves sl. frayed in outer margin. Wrappers chipped/ frayed.

= Thiébaud 578.

AND 4 others, i.a. H. ADELON a.m.o., La chasse moderne. Encyclopédie du chasseur (Paris, n.d. (±1900), 11th ed., ills., scores, modern boards, orig. wr. pres. Bookplate on first free endpaper); J. DE SABRAN-PONTEVÈS, Les Veillées du Gerfault. Epilogue by P. Ternier (Paris, n.d. (±1910), 5th ed., num. plates/ ills., orig. wr. Wrappers sl. foxed/ spotted and w. owner's entry in top margin) and J.C. CHENU (ed.), Les trois regnes de la nature. Lectures d'histoire naturelle. Year 1865, no.55-105 (Paris, 1865, 51 issues in 1 vol., num. woodengr. ills., orig. gilt dec. cl., 4to. Sl. yellowed and sl. foxed; upper hinge split).

€ (80-100)
77 1608 Leonardi G 77 1608 Leonardi G
77/1608 Leonardi, G. The Lanner falcon. N.pl., privately published, 2015, 299,(1)p., 30 col. photogr. plates, num. ills. by M. PREZIOSI, orig. wr.

- Both outer corners of frontwr. vaguely folded. Otherwise fine.

Blain, G. Falconry. London, Philip Allan, 1936, 1st ed., 252,(3)p., 8 plates and 14 ills., orig. giltlettered cl.

- Owner's entry on recto and bookplate on verso of first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Backstrip sunned and whitish stain on frontcover.

= With tipped-in manuscript menu for a falcon lover at the end, with a small drawing of a perched hooded falcon (dated 1941).

AND 10 others in 13 vols., i.a. T.J. CADE a.m.o., Peregrine Falcon Populations. Their management and recovery (Boise, 1988, num. monochr. ills. on plates, maps and diagrams, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Bookplate on upper pastedown. Fine copy); F.L. BEEBE, The Marine Peregrines of the Northwest Pacific Coast (n.pl., (1960), col. plate, orig. wr. Offrprint from The Condor May/ June 1960); R.R. and S. OLELNDORFF, An Extensive Bibliography on Falconry, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons and Other Diurnal Birds of Prey (n.pl., 1968, 3 vols., printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. unif. wr., 4to. All vols. bookplate on verso frontwr.) and R.T. WATSON a.o., Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World (Boise, 2011, 2 vols., orig. unif. wr.).

€ (50-70) 50
77 1609 Lindner K 77 1609 Lindner K
77/1609 Lindner, K. Geschichte des deutschen Weidwerks. Berlin/ Leipsic, W. de Gruyter, 1937-1940, 1st ed., 2 vols., VI,(4),435,(1); IX,(3),477,(1)p., 40 plates and 128 ills./ 112 plates, orig. cl./ later plain cl.

= 1. Die Jagd der Vorzeit; 2. Die Jagd im frühen Mittelalter.

AND 4 others, i.a. A. GILLE, Anleitung zum Fangen des Raubzeuges (Liegnitz, Haynauer Raubtierfallen-Fabrik, 1893, 4th enl. ed., ills., contemp. hcl.).

€ (80-100) 90
77 1610 Manuscripts  Dauvet A F Marquis Desmarets Grand Fauconnier de France 77 1610 Manuscripts Dauvet A F Marquis Desmarets Grand Fauconnier de France
77/1610 [Manuscripts]. Dauvet, A.-F, Marquis Desmarets, Grand Fauconnier de France, Manuscript filled-in letterpress document, signed and dated 30 april 1685 in pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto only.

= Alexis-François marquis Desmarets was the Grand Falconer of France from 1672 till 1688 (his death). This documents states that Charles Huerne "sieur de Lorme" was in service of the Grand Fauconnerie of France with the accompanying rights, exemptions and wages.

€ (200-300) 200
77 1611 Manuscripts  Ordinance forbidding falconry in Holland and Westfriesland during the hunting season 77 1611 Manuscripts Ordinance forbidding falconry in Holland and Westfriesland during the hunting season
77/1611 [Manuscripts]. Ordinance forbidding falconry in Holland and Westfriesland during the hunting season, pen and ink, 1654, fold. leaf, (2)p. (recto and verso) and blank leaf (titled on verso "Patrijs ofte Hoen: jacht").

= On 17th century laid paper with foolscap watermark. Probably a transcript duplicate of the official ordinance by the "deurwaarder ofte geswooren exploictier van den comptoire des ontvfangers van des graeffelijckheijts Wildernisse". The reason for forbidding the hunting of partridges is the extensive falconry by licensed people and poachers causing a sharp decline of the birds. "(...) Doen te weten alsoo t'seder eenige jaeren herwaerts het hoen ofte partrijs alomme in den Lande van Hollandt ende Westvrieslandt seer is geruijneert door het continuel vliegen soo van de weijluijden daer toe gequalificeert, als door de disordre en de onbehoor[lick] vliegen van de Valckeniers ende andere, sulckx dat geschapen is dat het landt daer van t'eenemael in korten sal wesen gedepopuleert, ten waere daerinne promptelijck wierde voorsien (...)".

€ (150-250) 210
77 1612 Martin C  77 1612 Martin C
77 1612 Martin C  77 1612 Martin C
77 1612 Martin C  77 1612 Martin C
77/1612 (Martin, C.). (Les généalogies et anciennes descentes des Forestiers et Comtes de Flandre avec brièves descriptions de leurs vies et gestes). (Antw., J. Mesens for J. B. Vrints, 1598), 2nd ed., engr. heraldic plate, 40 full-length portraits of the Counts and Forresters of Flanders by J. COLLAERT and J. WOUTNEEL after i.a. O. VAENIUS, contemp. limp vellum, large 4to.

- Lacks engr. title-p., map and 2 tables; waterstained throughout; heraldic plate cut short; closed tear in 3 plates (into/ touching image); one plate dam. (hole in image). Vellum stained. Sold w.a.f.

= Attractive plates, the first 7 showing the "forestiers" with their falcons and/ or with their hunting dogs; the remaining 33 plates show the 33 Counts of Flanders, starting with and ending with King Philip II of Spain. Funck, Le livre belge à gravures, p.359f; Simoni M50; De Wind p.250f; Hollstein 1402 (Collaert). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.

€ (150-250) 230
77 1613 Mavrogordato J 77 1613 Mavrogordato J
77/1613 Mavrogordato, J. Ein Beizvögel fürs Gebüsch. Eine Abhandlung über das Abtragen des Sperbers und anderer Kurzschwingen-Greifvögel. Geman transl. by K. Müller. Darmstadt, P.N. Klüh, 2001, XX,226,(2)p., num. plates/ ills. by G.E. LODGE, orig. boards. Baumgart, W. Greifvögel, Artproblem und Evolutionstheorie - ökofunktionell betrachtet. Neudamm, Neumann, 2015, X,515,(3)p., num. mainly col. ills., orig. boards. - AND 8 others, i.a. AL GITRIF IBN QUDAMA A: GASSANI, Die Beizvögel (Kitab dawari at-tayr). Ein arabisches Falknereibuch des 8. Jahrhunderts. German transl. by D. Möller and F. Viré (Hildesheim, 1988, (col.) plates/ ills., orig. rexine w. dustwr., large 8vo).
€ (70-90) 70
77 1614 Mavrogordato J 77 1614 Mavrogordato J
77 1614 Mavrogordato J 77 1614 Mavrogordato J
77/1614 Mavrogordato, J. A Falcon in the Field. A Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons Being a Companion Volume and Sequel to A Hawk for the Bush. London, Knightly Vernon, 1966, 1st ed., X,123p., 12 col. plates by D.M. HENRY and G.E. LODGE, 12 plates w. hoods, 3 ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. A fine copy.

= SIGNED twice on htitle (1x dated "September 1968" and 1x dated "August 1974". Standard work. The rare first edition.

€ (150-250) 180
77 1615 Mavrogordato J 77 1615 Mavrogordato J
77 1615 Mavrogordato J 77 1615 Mavrogordato J
77/1615 Mavrogordato, J. A Falcon in the Field. A Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons (...). London, Knightly Vernon, 1966, 1st ed., X,123p., 12 col. plates by D.M. HENRY and G.E. LODGE, 12 plates w. hoods, 3 ills., sl. later giltlettered hcalf, 4to.

- A fine copy.

= Standard work, published as a companion volume and sequel to A Hawk for the Bush. The rare first edition.

Idem. A Hawk for the Bush. A Treatise on the Training of the Sparrow-hawk and other Short-winged Hawks. New York, C.N. Potter, n.d. (1973), XVIII,206p., 9 (col.) plates and 12 ills. by G.E. LODGE, 12 plates w. hoods, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Dustwr. trifle rubbed. Otherwise a fine copy.

€ (150-250) 160
77 1616 Mavrogordato J 77 1616 Mavrogordato J
77/1616 Mavrogordato, J. A Hawk for the Bush. A Treatise on the Training of the Sparrow-hawk and other Short-winged Hawks. Newton, C.T. Branford Comp., 1961, 1st Am. ed., XVI,144p., 8 (col.) plates and ills. by G.E. LODGE, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. A fine copy.

= SIGNED on htitle and dated "August 1974". Standard work, published as a companion volume to Mavrogordato's A Falcon in the Field. The rare first American edition.

€ (150-250) 350
77 1617 McElroy H 77 1617 McElroy H
77/1617 McElroy, H. Desert Hawking: With A Little Help From My Friends. N.pl., privately published, 1996, 2nd enl. ed., 430p., num. (col.) photogr. ills., orig. boards, 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. = SIGNED on first free endpaper

€ (100-150)
77 1618 Meredith R L 77 1618 Meredith R L
77/1618 Meredith, R.L. American Falconry in the Twentieth Century. Boise, Peregrine Fund for the Archives of American Falconry, 1999, XXX,136,(2)p., tipped-in frontisp., plates/ ills., printed in 500 numb. copies (125), orig. gilt morocco-backed cloth, orig. matching slipcase.

- Very fine copy.

= One of 125 numb. copies printed in the Patron's Edition. Published as vol.I of the Heritage Publications Series.

€ (150-250) 150
77 1619 Michell E B 77 1619 Michell E B
77/1619 Michell, E.B. The Art and Practice of Hawking. London, Methuen & Co., 1900, XII,291,(40 publ. cat.)p., 3 photo-engr. and 10 other plates, orig. gilt cl.

- Bookplate of Charles Edward Walker on upper pastedown; first few leaves sl. foxed. Backstrip trifle rubbed.

= Schwerdt IV, p.66.

€ (70-90) 100
77 1620 Miscellanea  A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks 77 1620 Miscellanea A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks
77 1620 Miscellanea  A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks 77 1620 Miscellanea A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks
77 1620 Miscellanea  A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks 77 1620 Miscellanea A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks
77/1620 [Miscellanea]. (A falconer holding a rack full of hooded hawks). Bone carved covers of a small ball book or notebook w. silk lined endpapers and a miniature pencil w. a silver attachment on a string, 9,5x6,5x1 cm., early 19th cent.

= Intricate and delecate carving.

€ (100-150) 220
77 1621 Miscellanea  Falconer on horseback 77 1621 Miscellanea Falconer on horseback
77/1621 [Miscellanea]. (Falconer on horseback). Plaque, Iznik style decorated glazed ceramic, 20x13,5 cm., 20th cent. (?), framed. Wooden lacquer plaque, w. painted and gilt decoration showing two falconers with their falcon and a horse, 16x12 cm., 20th cent.
€ (30-50) 40
77 1622 Miscellanea  Inro 77 1622 Miscellanea Inro
77 1622 Miscellanea  Inro 77 1622 Miscellanea Inro
77 1622 Miscellanea  Inro 77 1622 Miscellanea Inro
77/1622 [Miscellanea]. Inro, bone decorated w. carved mother of pearl image of a game falcon bound to a beam and flowers, 1,5x8x5 cm., w. 2 middle sections (dan), prob. 20th cent.
€ (60-80) 60
77 1623 Miscellanea  A lady falconer 77 1623 Miscellanea A lady falconer
77/1623 [Miscellanea]. (A lady falconer). Wooden carved panel, 42,5x31x2 cm., 18th/ 19th cent.

- Wormholed on verso.

= Probably a panel placed in a cabinet or chest. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.

€ (300-500) 300
77 1624 Miscellanea  Leather cigar ? case w mounted bronze plaque showing a falconry hunt party resting 77 1624 Miscellanea Leather cigar ? case w mounted bronze plaque showing a falconry hunt party resting
77/1624 [Miscellanea]. Leather cigar(?) case, w. mounted bronze plaque showing a falconry hunt party resting, 10x16x2,5 cm., ±1900. - AND 4 other falconry related items, i.a. a silvered tin electric bell switch in the shape of a falcon (pre-1940) and 3 leather falcon hoods (1x w. wooden holder).
€ (60-80) 70
77 1625 Miscellanea  Rien sans pennes Button w mounted falcon 77 1625 Miscellanea Rien sans pennes Button w mounted falcon
77/1625 [Miscellanea]. "Rien sans pennes". Button w. mounted falcon, gilt metal (silver(?)), Ø 1,8 cm., 20th cent.

= From the attire of a French falconer, a monsieur Charmerlot (from Allier).

€ (100-150) 150