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FRANCIS HENRY SALVIN AND WILLIAM BRODRICK

Falconry in the British Isles. London: John van Voorst, 1855. Large 8vo, 24 coloured lithographic plates, some finished by hand or heightened in gum arabic. (A few minor light spots or light marks.) Original cloth depitcting a hawk on sides, in gilt on front, in blind on rear cover, partly uncut (spine and upper part of cover sunfaded). Provenance: A. Mitchell (his sale Christie's 2 July 1947, lot 149; bought by Pickering and Chatto for £10 on behalf of:) -- Rex Benson.

FIRST EDITION of this complete treatise on the art of falconry, 'the best English book on falconry' (Schwerdt). Nissen ZVB 147; Zimmer, p.541; Schwerdt II, 145.

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