A treatise of modern faulconry: to which is prefixed, from authors not generally known, an introduction, shewing the practice of faulconry in certain remote times and countries.
Edinburgh, Balfour & Smellie for the author, 1773.
8vo. IV, 264 pp. With engraved plate. Contemporary half calf.
€ 1,800.00
First edition. The author was falconer to the Earl of Eglington. Pages 259-264 contain a glossary.
Central split to spine and joints splitting, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed. Some foxing, occasional water-staining at head, lightly browned.
References
Harting 49. Schwerdt I, 93. ESTC T100896.