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D'Arcussia's Falconry.
by ARCUSSIA, Charles d'.; LOFT, John (trans.)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Louth, Lincolnshire: [privately printed,], 2003. First and only edition in English, first impression, signed and dated by the translator on the half-title. D'Arcussia's La Fauconnerie was first published in 1599, and Loft's translation is based on the 1643 edition. Nature writer and ornithologist Stephen Bodio writes that Loft's "work on a never-translated manual by d'Arcussia, a 17th-century Provençal professional, makes accessible the most interesting falconry book between Frederic II and the late 19th-century Art and Practice of Hawking. It enables English speakers, whose idea of falconry can be a bit narrow, to see a western falconry culture with much eastern influence, one that Emperor Frederic would have recognized" (Bodio). Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations to the text, many full-page. Stain to fore edge; jacket flaps without price, as issued: a very good copy in fine jacket. Stephen Bodio, "Two Falconers", 22 June 2013, available online.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166742
- Title
- D'Arcussia's Falconry.
- Author
- ARCUSSIA, Charles d'.; LOFT, John (trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Louth, Lincolnshire: [privately printed,]
- Date Published
- 2003
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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