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

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77 1586 Cochet de Corbeaumont L G 77 1586 Cochet de Corbeaumont L G
77/1586 Cochet de Corbeaumont, L.-G. La fauconnerie ou Essais sur la chasse du vol. Pref. C. Campanini Bonomi. Paris, Montbel, 2004, XXV,(1),161,(3)p., 14 plates (incl. frontisp.), printed in 500 numb. copies (450), orig. wr.

- Small chip in lower margin of frontwr. Otherwise fine.

López de Ayala, P. Traité de fauconnerie et d'autres oiseaux de vol. French transl. and ed. by M. Garcia. Geneva, Droz, 2018, 235,(5)p., orig. gilt cl.

= Bibliotheca Cynegetica 8.

AND 1 other.

€ (70-90)
77 1587 Coutépoff N 77 1587 Coutépoff N
77 1587 Coutépoff N 77 1587 Coutépoff N
77 1587 Coutépoff N 77 1587 Coutépoff N
77 1587 Coutépoff N 77 1587 Coutépoff N
77 1587 Coutépoff N 77 1587 Coutépoff N
77 1587 Coutépoff N 77 1587 Coutépoff N
77/1587 Coutépoff, N. La Chasse Tsarienne en Russie. XVII Siecle - La Chasse des Tsars Mikhail Feodorovitch et Alexis Mikhailovitch. French transl. by A. Lupus. St. Petersburg, "Expédition pour la confection des Papiers d'État", 1900, XXVI,(2),297,(3)p., col. frontisp., col. calligraphed precept in Russian, 32 (double-p.) (col. lithogr.) plates after i.a. C.V. LEBEDEV, V.I. SURIKOV and V.I. VASNETSOV, (col. lithogr.) bookdecoration, num. (full-p.) monochr. ills. and orig. gilt and blindst. morocco backed gilt dec. pict. cl. (mainly) by N.S. SAMOKISCH, a.e.g., folio.

- Two monochr. plates sl. dampstained in blank margins. Otherwise contents very fine. Binding fine apart from the following minor imperfections: corners, joints and spine-ends sl. rubbed; 2 sm. stains on frontcover (0,5 cm. and 1 cm.) and some vague fingersoiling on both covers.

= Vol. II of a lavishly illustrated series of 4 vols. devoted to Tsarist hunting in Russia. Only the first 2 vols. were translated into French. The work is also remarkable for its striking bookdecoration, executed in colours and gold, by NICOLAY SAMOKISCH . Schwerdt I, p.292; Thiébaud p.217: "Luxueuse publication, d'une remarquable exécution typographique, qui a été faite aux frais du gouvernement russe." SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONTCOVER.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1500
77 1588 Craighead J J and Craighead Jr F C 77 1588 Craighead J J and Craighead Jr F C
77/1588 Craighead, J.J. and Craighead Jr., F.C. Life with an Indian Prince. Journals of -. August 6, 1940 to April 11, 1941. Boise, Archives of American Falconry, 2001, XX,277,(3)p., richly illustrated w. both monochr. and col. photogr. ills., printed in 1500 numb. copies (1200), orig. gilt cl., obl. 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Very fine copy.

= Published as vol. 2 in the Heritage Publication Series.

€ (150-250)
77 1589 Dementyev G P 77 1589 Dementyev G P
77 1589 Dementyev G P 77 1589 Dementyev G P
77/1589 Dementyev, G.P. Okhota s lovchimi ptitsami (Hunting with decoy birds). Moscow, KOIZ, 1935, 94,(2)p., ills., later 19th cent. style gilt hmor. w. mor. letterpiece, orig. wr. pres. Idem. Sokola-krechety (Stone-falcons). Ibid., MOIP, 1951, 187,(1)p., 1 col. plate, ills., private cl. w. orig. frontwr. and backstrip laid down. Fyodorov, V. and Malov, O. Sokolinaya okhota (Falconry). Ibid., Veche, 2005, 365,(11)p., num. col. ills. by V. GORBATOV, orig. boards, 4to.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by the authors and artist on first free endpaper.

AND 4 others, all Russian, i.a. Y. NOSKOV, C lovchej ptitsej po svetu (Yekaterinburg, 2002, (col.) ills., orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on verso frontwr.)

€ (40-60) 300
77 1590 Drouot P 77 1590 Drouot P
77/1590 Drouot, P. Une chasse au faucon. Liège, Éd. Dynamo, 1954, 9,(1)p., woodengr. ills. by H. COLS, printed in 66 numb. copies (60), orig. wr. Ferme, A. Chasse au faucon en Tunesie. Ibid., idem, (1957), 15,(1)p., woodengr. ills. by A. LEBAS, printed in 66 numb. copies (60), orig. wr. d'Orléans, P. Les aigles chasseurs. Ibid., idem, 1959, 9,(1)p., printed in 66 numb. copies (60), orig. wr.

= Babioles Cynégétiques 7, 15 and 28.

€ (70-90) 70
77 1591 Egan P 77 1591 Egan P
77 1591 Egan P 77 1591 Egan P
77/1591 Egan, P. Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage (...). London, T.T. and J. Tegg, 1832, 1st ed., IV,414p., woodengr. ills., bound by J. LARKING in contemp. full calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, orig. (dam.) frontwr. pres., t.e.g.

= Partly bound in the orig. parts (no.IX-XXV) (without the orig. wrappers). Schwerdt I, p.159.

€ (150-250)
77 1592 Ferreira D F 77 1592 Ferreira D F
77 1592 Ferreira D F 77 1592 Ferreira D F
77/1592 Ferreira, D.F. Ferreira's Falconry being a translation from the Portuguese of "Arte da Caça de Altaneria". Engl. transl. A. Jack. Lockerbie, Signet Press for Anthony Jack, 1996, X,262p., printed in 900 copies (100), orig. giltlettered blue boards.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Otherwise a fine copy.

= One of 100 numb. and signed deluxe copies. Rare.

€ (80-100)
77 1593 Fisher C H 77 1593 Fisher C H
77/1593 Fisher, C.H. Reminiscences of a Falconer. London, J.C. Nimmo, 1901, 1st ed., XIV,188p., 13 plates, orig. gilt cl., t.e.g.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed.

Bastyai. L. de. Hunting Bird from a Wild Bird. London, Pelham Books, 1968, 1st ed., 172,(2)p., plates and ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Otherwise fine.

= With SIGNED DEDICATION to A.G. Faulkner on first free endpaper.

Loft, J. A Merlin for Me. Louth, the author, 2006, 2nd ed., VII,(3),310p., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 8 other autobiographies of falconers, i.a. IDEM, All my Life with Hunting Birds (Sudbury, 1982, 1st ed., orig. boards w. (frayed) dustwr.); J. MAVROGORDATO, Behind the Scenes (...) (Tisbury, 1982, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Bookplate on first free endpaper; fine); R. STEVENS, Laggard (London, 1953, 1st ed., ills. by B. ALLDERIDGE, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Bookplate on first free endpaper; dustwr. sl. stained) and I. ARAMILEV, Beyond the Ural Mountains. The Adventures of a Siberian Hunter (London, 1961, 1st ed., plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (80-100) 130
77 1594 Foye G 77 1594 Foye G
77/1594 Foye, G. Manuel pratique du Fauconnier au XIXe Siècle contenant tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour dresser les faucons et autour sà la chasse au vol des Perdreaux, Faisans, Canards, Lièvres, Lapins, etc. Paris, Libr. Pairault, 1886, 112,(2)p., fold. frontisp. and 2 plates by A. BETTANIER, "Volume tiré à petit nombre", modern boards w. orig. (sl. yellowed) wr. laid down.
€ (100-150) 160
77 1595 Friedrich II 77 1595 Friedrich II
77/1595 Friedrich II. l'Art de chasser avec les oiseaux. Le traité de fauconnerie De arte venandi cum avibus. French transl. and ed. by A. Paulus and B. van den Abeele. Nogent-le-Roi, J. Laget, 2000, 561,(3)p., 9 col. plates (incl. frontisp.), 8 monochr. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.

= Bibliotheca Cynegetica 1.

Le "Liber accipitrum" de Grimaldus: un traité d'autoursérie du haut moyen âge. French transl. and ed. by A. Smets. Ibid., idem, 1999, 187,(1)p., 8 monochr. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. = Biblliotheca Cynegetica 2.

AND 1 other: B. VAN DEN ABEELE, La Fauconnerie dans les lettres françaises du XIIe au XIVe siècle (Louvain, 1990, col. frontisp., orig. wr. Bookplate on verso frontwr.).

€ (80-100)
77 1596 Friedrich II 77 1596 Friedrich II
77 1596 Friedrich II 77 1596 Friedrich II
77/1596 Friedrich II. Bücher von der Natur und der Vögel und der Falknerei mit den Zusätzen des Königs Manfred. Ed. H. Schöpffer. Berlin, Paul Parey, 1896, XVI,212p., 8 plates, num. ills., orig. cl., large 4to.

- New endpaper. Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip; corners sl. worn.

= Nissen, IVB 337

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., later mor. w. brown mor. letterpiece.

€ (150-250) 400
77 1597 Galesloot A L 77 1597 Galesloot A L
77/1597 Galesloot, A.L. Recherches sur la maison de chasse des Ducs de Brabant et de l'ancienne cour de Bruxeles; précédées d'un aperçu sur l'ancien droit de chasse en Brabant. Brussels/ Leipsic, Kiessling, Schnée et comp., 1854, (4),246p., woodengr. frontisp., later giltlettered hcl., orig. wr. pres.

- Wrappers soiled/ waterstained; frontwr. doubled; bookplate on upper pastedown.

= Thiébaud p.440f; Souhart p.206. Rare.

€ (100-150) 160
77 1598 Göchhausen H F von 77 1598 Göchhausen H F von
77/1598 Göchhausen, H.F. von. (Notabilia Venatoris, Oder Jagd- und Weidwerks Anmerkungen (...)). Nürnberg, D. Tauber heirs, (1731), 5th ed., (30 [of 32],300,(28)p., engr. frontisp., woodcut publ. mark at the end, contemp. vellum.

- Lacks title-p.; old annots. in pen and ink on first free endpaper and final endpapers; bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. stained in outer blank margin of final ±60p.

= One of the rarities of German works on hunting. Lindner 11.0745.09; Schwerdt I, p.209; Souhart p.221. Contains at the end (between p.257-300): Siebenzig Geheime und bißhero meist verborgen gewesene Jäger-Künste aus Noe Meurers Jagd- und Forst-Rechte. Welches An. 1618. zu Marpurg durch Paul Egenolffen gedruckt worden." (with a divisional title with the address of Tauber's heirs and the date "1731"). See on the latter work: Linder 11.2033.02 note 1.

€ (150-250)
77 1599 Haak B A 77 1599 Haak B A
77/1599 Haak, B.A. Beach Bird. Renaissance Falconry With Passage Peregrine Falcons. Eagle, Falco Sapience Press, 2016, 1st ed., 140,(4)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

= Fine copy w. SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle.

Upton, R. Hood, Leash & Lure. Falconry in the 20th Century. Pref. by U. Caproni de Taliedo. Marlborough, the author, 2004, 1st ed., 303,(1)p., num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.

= With SIGNED DEDICATION by Umberto Caproni di Taliedo on title-p.

Idem. O for a Falconer's Voice. Memories of the Old Hawking Club. Ramsbury, The Crowood Press, 1987, 208p., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Bookplate and owner's stamp on first free endpaper; owner's stamp on title-p.

AND 4 others, i.a. R. UPTON, Falconry. Principles & Practice (Machynlleth, 2011, num. ills., orig. boards. Fine).

€ (60-80) 60
77 1600 Hamilton J P 77 1600 Hamilton J P
77/1600 Hamilton, J.P. Reminiscences of an Old Sportsman. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., XII,(4),298; (2),VII,(1),308p., 6 woodengr. plates, orig. gilt cl.

- One plate loose and sl. dam at inner margin; occas. foxed.

Cox, H. and Lascelles, G. Coursing and Falconry. Ibid., Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892, XIII,(1),413,(3)p., 20 plates and num. ills., orig. pict. cl (fine). Champion de Crespigny, C. Memoirs. Ed. G.A.B. Dewar. Ibid., Lawrence and Bullen, 1897, 3rd ed., XIV,(2),371,(1)p., orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl. - AND 4 others, i.a. I. NALL, The Poacher's Handbook (Ibid. etc., 1951, woodengr. frontisp. and ills. by B. GREG, orig. blindst. and giltlettered cl.) and A.N. FORMOSOV, Manuel du Trappeur. La faune des steppes et des forêts de Russie (Paris, 1953, num. ills., orig. wr.).

€ (70-90) 80
77 1601 Harmont P 77 1601 Harmont P
77/1601 Harmont, P. Le miroir de fauconnerie, ou se verra l'instruction pour choisir, nourrir, & traicter, dresser & faire voler toute sorte d'Oyseaux, les muer & essimer, cognoistre les maladies & accidents qui leur arrivent, & les remedes pour les guerir. Paris, P. Billaine, 1634, 2nd ed., 38p., woodcut title-vignette, 7 large woodcuts of different types of falcons, contemp. limp vellum, 4to.

- Frontcover and first 5 leaves w. large waterstain (affecting the first 6 ills.).

= The first 4to edition, publ. together with Du Fouilloux, La Vénerie and preceded by two 8vo editions. This 4to edition contains more illustrations than the preceding editions. Cf. Harting, Bibl. accipitraria 156 note; Souhart, p.237; Thiébaud, p.493; cf. Schwerdt, p.230f (1620 ed.) SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.

€ (800-1.000)
77 1602 Harting J E introd and glossary 77 1602 Harting J E introd and glossary
77/1602 Harting, J.E. (introd. and glossary). A Perfect Booke for Kepinge of Sparhawkes or Goshawkes. Written about 1575. London, B. Quaritch, 1886, XXXII,51,(1)p., frontisp., printed in 100 numb. copies, contemp. giltlettered hmor.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Spine restored w. use of orig. backstrip; backcover sl. rubbed.

= "Now first printed from the original MS. on Vellum." (title-p.). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.

€ (400-600) 1200
77 1603 Ibn Manglî 77 1603 Ibn Manglî
77/1603 Ibn Manglî. De la chasse. Commerce des grands de ce monde avec les bêtes sauvages des déserts sans onde. French transl. by F. Viré. Paris, Sindbad, 1984, 310p., orig. wr.

= Published in the series La Bibliothèque Arabe, ed. P. Bernard.

Mercier, L. La Chasse et les sports chez les Arabes. Paris, Marcel Rivière, 1927, 1st ed., (4),256p., 10 (col.) plates (incl. frontisp.), orig. wr.

= With SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p. Published in the series La vie musulmane et orientale.

AND 3 others, i.a. H. LHOTE, La chasse chez les touaregs (Paris, n.d. (1951), plates and ills., orig .wr. With SIGNED DEDICATION on first free endpaper).

€ (80-100) 90
77 1604 Jameson Jr E W 77 1604 Jameson Jr E W
77/1604 Jameson Jr., E.W. The Hawking of Japan. The History and Development of Japanese Falconry. Davis, the author, 1962, 1st ed., (12),94,(3)p., 5 tipped-in col. plates, 5 plates, 19 ills., orig. cl.

- Owner's stamp on recto and verso of first free endpaper. Otherwise fine.

= The rare first edition of this monograph.

€ (80-100) 110
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77/1605 Klüh, P.N. Die Falknerei im Nazionalsozialismus. Darmstadt, Peter N. Klüh, 2017, 264p., richly illustrated, orig. boards, 4to. Vietinghoff-Riesch, Fhr von and Pfeiffer, M.U. Falken über uns. Berlin, Andres & Steiner, 1937, 1st ed., 79,(1)p., 32 plates, orig. cl., large 8vo.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Upper hinge broken.

AND 15 others, almost all German language, i.a. GREIFVÖGEL UND FALKNEREI 1988/ 1999/ 2004/ 2012/ 2013/ 2017/ 2018 (Melsungen 1988-2018, 7 vols., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards (2x)/ orig. wr., 4to/ 8vo) and C.J. TILLISCH, Falkejagten og Dens Historie (Copenhagen, 1949, ills., orig. wr.).

€ (70-90) 110
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