LATHAM, Simon. Lathams Falconry or The Falcons Lure, and Cure. London: I.B. for Roger Jackson, 1615. Large woodcut vignette on title. (Lacks second leaf (a blank), a few margins shaved with loss of signature or catchword.)

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LATHAM, Simon. Lathams Falconry or The Falcons Lure, and Cure. London: I.B. for Roger Jackson, 1615. Large woodcut vignette on title. (Lacks second leaf (a blank), a few margins shaved with loss of signature or catchword.)

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Lathams new and second Booke of Falconry. London: I.B for Roger Jackson, 1618. Two letterpress titles, the first a short title surrounded by ten woodcuts (outer margin shaved, just touching three of the cuts), the second with one small woodcut vignette, woodcut illustrations, incuding a number of repeats. (Lacks final blank, outer margins of T4, V1-3 neatly repaired.)

2 works in one volume (as usual), 4° (180 x 135mm). Early 20th-century red morocco, g.e., by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITIONS, the first work is a second issue (there is an earlier issue dated 1614). STC 15267.3 & 15268.3; Schwerdt I p.302.

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