Lot 527

Turberville (George) The booke of falconrie or havvking; for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611 bound with [Gascoigne (George)] The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. Wherein is handled and set out the vertues

 

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Turberville (George) The booke of falconrie or havvking; for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, second edition (issue with A1r catchword 'of'), black letter, title with large woodcut vignette of Earl of Warwick in hawking costume, full-page woodcuts in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, [Harting 15; Schwerdt II, p.271; Nissen IVB 952; STC 24325], Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611 bound with [Gascoigne (George)] The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. Wherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill euery one of them, second edition, title with large woodcut vignette of hunting with hounds, large woodcuts in text (with those on F6r and I3r altered so that James I has replaced Elizabeth I), 4pp. woodcut music for bugle calls at end, lacking initial blank, a few ff. with repair to lower margin, [Harting 15 (note); Schwerdt p.272; STC 24329], Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, some light staining, mostly in second work, attractive 19th century red crushed morocco, richly gilt, spine in compartments and with black leather label, little rubbed at extremities, g.e., small 4to (book block 184 x 138mm; binding 193 x 154mm.)

⁂ Two of the most important early works on hawking and hunting, which are nearly always found together. The first work is an adaptation of the works of Giorgi, Carcano, Tardif and Artelouche; the second is to all intents and purposes a translation of Du Fouilloux's La Venerie, 1573.

Description

Turberville (George) The booke of falconrie or havvking; for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, second edition (issue with A1r catchword 'of'), black letter, title with large woodcut vignette of Earl of Warwick in hawking costume, full-page woodcuts in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, [Harting 15; Schwerdt II, p.271; Nissen IVB 952; STC 24325], Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611 bound with [Gascoigne (George)] The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. Wherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill euery one of them, second edition, title with large woodcut vignette of hunting with hounds, large woodcuts in text (with those on F6r and I3r altered so that James I has replaced Elizabeth I), 4pp. woodcut music for bugle calls at end, lacking initial blank, a few ff. with repair to lower margin, [Harting 15 (note); Schwerdt p.272; STC 24329], Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, some light staining, mostly in second work, attractive 19th century red crushed morocco, richly gilt, spine in compartments and with black leather label, little rubbed at extremities, g.e., small 4to (book block 184 x 138mm; binding 193 x 154mm.)

⁂ Two of the most important early works on hawking and hunting, which are nearly always found together. The first work is an adaptation of the works of Giorgi, Carcano, Tardif and Artelouche; the second is to all intents and purposes a translation of Du Fouilloux's La Venerie, 1573.

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