"THE BOKE OF HAWKYNGE AND HUNTYNGE AND FYSSHYNGE. Imprynted in Flete Strete at ye sygne of ye Sonne by Wynkyn de Worde."

[Black letter, 46 leaves, A-H in eights and fours alternately, except G, which has 6 leaves: about 1503. sm. 4to.]

A unique copy (formerly Haworth's) in the Huth Library was purchased at Daniel's sale, in July 1864, for £110.

Another :

Imprynted at London in Saynt Martyn's paryshe in ye Vinetre [Vintry] upon the Thre Crane Wharfe, by Wyllyam Coplande.

[Black letter, 48 leaves, A-M in fours: undated, about 1548, fide Milner. sm. 4to.]

Each treatise has a separate but similar colophon. Milner's copy, in 1829, sold for £7; Haslewood's for £8.

A third :

Imprynted at London in Flete strete at the signe of the Rose Garland by Wyllyam Coplande for Robert Toye.

[Black letter, 48 leaves, A—M in fours: undated, sm. 4to.]

A copy of this edition is in the collection of Earl Spencer. A fourth :-

Imprynted at London in Flete streate at the sygne of the Rose Garlande by Wyllyam Coplande for Rychard Tottell.

[Black letter, 48 leaves: undated, c. 1561. sm. 4to.] A copy is in the British Museun, G. 10494.

A fifth :

Imprynted at London in Paules Churche-yarde at the sygne of the Lambe by Abraham Vele. [Black letter, 48 leaves, A-M in fours: undated, c. 1560. sm. 4to.]

A copy at Milner's sale, 1829, fetched £8 19s. An imperfect copy is in the British Museum, C. 31. c 2.

A sixth :

Imprynted at London in Pauls chyrchyarde by me Hery Tab.

[Black letter, 46 leaves, A-M in fours, except I, which has 2 leaves: undated. sm. 4to.]

The only copy known to exist is amongst Crynes's books in the Bodleian Library. See Haslewood's Introduction, p. 86, where a facsimile of the title is given, with some account of Nathaniel Crynes, who died in 1745, and bequeathed his library to the Bodleian.

Imprynted at London in Foster Lane by John Waley.

[Black letter, 46 leaves, A-M in fours, except I, which has only 2 leaves: undated. sm. 4to.] The "Measures of blowing" are omitted in this edition. Pickering had a copy. Haworth's copy (958) sold for £8. An eighth :

Imprynted at London in Flete Strete at the sygne of the George next to Saynt Dunstane's Church by Wyllyam Powell.

[Black letter, 48 leaves: undated. sm. 4to.]

And a ninth :

HAWKING, HUNTING, AND FISHING, with the

True Measures of Blowing. Newly corrected and amended. At London, printed by Edward Alde and are to be solde at the Long Shop adjoining unto Saint Mildred's Church in the Pultrie.

[Black letter, 44 leaves: 1586. sm. 4to.]

A copy is preserved in the Phillipps Library, now in the possession of the collector's daughter, Mrs. Fenwick, of Thirlstaine House, Cheltenham.

Of this version another edition with a similar title was printed in 1596 (cf. Haslewood, p. 97). Meanwhile in 1595 appeared the following:

3. MARKHAM (Gervase). ACADEMIE or the Booke of S.

THE GENTLEMAN'S

Albans: containing

Bookes: the first of

three most exact and excellent Hawking, the second of all the proper termes of Hunting, and the last of Armorie: all compiled by Iuliana Barnes in the yere from the incarnation of Christ 1486. And now reduced into a better method, by G. M. London. Printed for Humfrey Lownes, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules church-yard, 1595. sm. 4to.

2 prelim. leaves, with Dedication" To the gentlemen of England, and all the good fellowship of Huntsmen and Falconers." Then follows a treatise of Hawking, fols. 1-24 verso and 4 blank leaves; a treatise of Hunting, with separate title-page printed by Valentine Sims for Humfrey Lownes, 1595, fols. 29– 38 and 2 blank leaves; the Booke of Armorie, with separate title-page printed by Valentine Sims for Humfrey Lownes, 1595, fols. 41-95 and 1 blank leaf. Headline throughout the volume, "The Gentleman's Academie."

Two copies are in the British Museum (C. 32. e 30, and G. 10493) and one in possession of the writer.

The author, Gervase Markham, of Cotham, in the Co. Nottingham, published several works on Field Sports, Veterinary

Science, and Agriculture, of which the following contain sections on Hawking :

4. MARKHAM (Gervase). COUNTRY CONTENTMENTS: or the Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning the wholsome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe, after the toyle of more serious businesse. As, namely, Hunting, Hawking, Coursing with Greyhounds, and the lawes of the Lease, Shooting in Long-bow or Cross-bow, etc. By G. M. London, 1611. sm. 4to.

No less than fourteen editions of this work were published, to all of which (except two) the dates may be here supplied: 1st, 1611; 2nd, 1615; 3rd, 1623; 4th, 1631; 5th, 1633; 6th, 1649; 7th, 1654; 8th, 1656; 9th, 1660; 10th, 1668; 11th, 1675; 12th, (?); 13th, (?); and 14th, 1683. The fifth chapter of this work treats "of the Hawking with all sorts of Hawkes, and the whole Art thereof."

5. MARKHAM (Gervase). CHEAPE AND GOOD HVSBANDRY for the well-ordering of all Beasts and Fowles, and for the generall Cure of their Diseases. Containing the Natures, Breeding, Choice. . . . of all manner of Cattell. ... Shewing further the whole Art of Riding great Horses, with the breaking and ordering of them . . . . And diverse good and wellapproved Medicines for the Cure of all the diseases in HAWKES, of what kind soever. . . . Gathered together for the generall good and profit of this whole Realme by exact and assured experience from English practises By G. M. Printed by T. S. for R. Jackson. London, 1614. sm. 4to.

Other editions of this book, which contains a treatise "On

the Cure and Ordering of Hawkes" (pp. 164-176, sixth edition), were printed in 1615, 1616, 1623 (all by T. S. for R. Jackson), 1631 (by Anne Griffin for Iohn Harison), 1648, 1658, 1664, and 1676.

6. MARKHAM (Gervase). A WAY ΤΟ GET WEALTH; containing sixe principal vocations or callings in which every good Husband or Housewife may lawfully imploy themselves, as I. the natures . . . use, and feeding of all sorts of cattell and fowle . . . II. the knowledge . . . II. the knowledge. . . and . . . practice of all the recreations meete for a gentleman. The first five bookes gathered by G. M(arkham). The last [on Bees] by Master W(illiam) L(awson). The sixt time corrected and augmented by the authour. Printed by E. G. for John Harison. London, 1638-31-38. sm. 4to.

III. etc.

This compilation consists of a re-issue of several of Markham's works, each with a separate title-page, pagination, and register, and arranged in the following order :

1. Cheape and Good Husbandry. The sixth edition, 1631. 2. Country Contentments. . . . The fifth edition, 1633.

3. The English Housewife, 1637.

4. The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent, 1636.

5. Markham's Farewell to Husbandry, 1638.

6. A new Orchard and Garden, 1638.

Nos. 1 and 2, as above shown, contain chapters on Hawks and Hawking.

7. MARKHAM (Gervase). THE YOUNG SPortsMAN'S DELIGHT and Instructor in Angling, Fowling, Hawking, Hunting, etc. By G. M. Sold at the Gold Ring in Little Britain by G. Conyers, 1652. 32mo.

With a frontispiece of an angler; described by Mr. Hazlitt as "a thumb volume, A-I, in eights." No copy of this is in the