1566 - 1710
FALCONRY and HUNTING. BOOKS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, MISCELLANEA etc.
77/1706
Tardif, G.
Livre de l'art de faulconnerie et des chiens de chasse. Ed. E. Jullien.
Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1882, 2 vols., 3 parts in 2 vols. (first vol. w. continuous pagination), (4),XXXII,153,(3); (4),111,(1)p., printed in 340 numb. copies (300), orig. wr.
- Vol.1 sm. stain in top margin of frontwr. Fine copy.
77/1707
(Taymur Mirza).
The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian Treatise on Falconry. Engl. transl. D.C. Phillott.
London, B. Quaritch, 1908, XXIV,195p., 25 ills., printed in 500 copies, orig. richly gilt cl., t.e.g., 4to.
- From the library of Harry Cecil Clifton (bookplate on upper pastedown); modern bookplate on first free endpaper. Upper joint wormholed at top of spine; corners worn; covers foxed.
= Schwerdt IV, p.92; Wood p.519; Zimmer p.623. Rare.
77/1708
Thou, J.A. de.
Il Falconiere. Italian translation by P.A. Bargeo.
Venice, G. Albrizzi q. Girol, 1735, 2 parts in 1 vol., (40),223,(1); 50,(18)p., engr. frontisp., portrait, 10 vignettes and head- and tailpieces, parralel Latin and Italian text, contemp. vellum w. red mor. letterpiece, large 4to.
- Fine copy. Bookplate on upper pastedown and first free endpaper.
= Schwerdt II, p.261; Harting 284; Souhart p.461. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
77/1709
Tjerneld, H.
Moamin et Ghatrif. Traités de Fauconnerie et des chiens de chasse.
Stockh./ Paris, C.E. Fritze/ J. Thiébaud, 1945, (8),442,(2)p., 3 plates, loosely inserted errata leaf, orig. wr.
- Bookplate and owner's entry on verso frontwr.; owner's stamp on title-p. = Fine copy.
77/1710
Waller, R.
Der wilde Falk ist mein Gesell. Beizjagderlebnisse und praktische Falknerei für deutsche Verhältnisse um das Jahr 1937.
Neudamm, J. Neumann, 1937, 1st ed., 403,(5)p., frontisp., num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; upper hinge weakening. Dustwr. chipped at spine-ends.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "Minard Stevens" dated "Sept. 1948". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.