Author: James Edmund Harting
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Category : Birds
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Pages : 378
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Bibliotheca Accipitraria a Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, with Notes, Glossary, and Vocabulary
Author: James Edmund Harting
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Bibliotheca Accipitraria
Author: James Edmund Harting
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Category : Art
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Pages : 374
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Excerpt from Bibliotheca Accipitraria: A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, With Notes, Glossary and Vocabulary On examining the titles of all these works, two things are particularly striking - first, the great antiquity of Falconry; and secondly, its widespread practice. The origin of the art it is now impossible to discover. From the earliest times of which history takes cognizance people of all nations, but more particularly those of Eastern origin, have practised the sport, and we may form some idea of its antiquity from Sir Henry Layard's discovery of a has relief amongst the ruins of Khorsabad, in which a falconer is represented carrying a hawk upon his fist. From this he has inferred that hawking was practised there some I 700 years before the Christian era. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266246633
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Excerpt from Bibliotheca Accipitraria: A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, With Notes, Glossary and Vocabulary On examining the titles of all these works, two things are particularly striking - first, the great antiquity of Falconry; and secondly, its widespread practice. The origin of the art it is now impossible to discover. From the earliest times of which history takes cognizance people of all nations, but more particularly those of Eastern origin, have practised the sport, and we may form some idea of its antiquity from Sir Henry Layard's discovery of a has relief amongst the ruins of Khorsabad, in which a falconer is represented carrying a hawk upon his fist. From this he has inferred that hawking was practised there some I 700 years before the Christian era. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue of a Collection of Books on Ornithology in the Library of Frederic Gallatin, Jr
Author: Frederic Gallatin
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Category : Birds
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Pages : 210
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Pages : 958
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Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Pages : 684
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Catalogue
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Languages : en
Pages : 908
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A Concise Handbook of British Birds
Author: Harry Kirke Swann
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Birds
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Pages : 232
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Pages : 150
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Pages : 150
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