Bibliotheca Accipitraria a Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, with Notes, Glossary, and VocabularyB. Quaritch, 1891 - 289 pages |
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... sports , has its literature . be strange if it were not so ; for on turning over the pages of the world's history , it is apparent that for centuries it has played a conspicuous part amongst the diversions of people of all nations . But ...
... sports , has its literature . be strange if it were not so ; for on turning over the pages of the world's history , it is apparent that for centuries it has played a conspicuous part amongst the diversions of people of all nations . But ...
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... sport . To Mr. Sydney A. J. Churchill , of the Persian Legation , I am indebted for much kind assistance in regard to the Persian and Arabic titles , and the fact that the proof - sheets of this portion of the Bibliotheca Accipitraria ...
... sport . To Mr. Sydney A. J. Churchill , of the Persian Legation , I am indebted for much kind assistance in regard to the Persian and Arabic titles , and the fact that the proof - sheets of this portion of the Bibliotheca Accipitraria ...
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... sport , and we may form some idea of its antiquity from Sir Henry Layard's discovery of a bas- relief amongst the ruins of Khorsabad , in which a falconer is represented carrying a hawk upon his fist . From this he has inferred that ...
... sport , and we may form some idea of its antiquity from Sir Henry Layard's discovery of a bas- relief amongst the ruins of Khorsabad , in which a falconer is represented carrying a hawk upon his fist . From this he has inferred that ...
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... sport was introduced into Europe from the East , and that there is reason to believe that Hawking was practised by Europeans at least three centuries before the Christian era . * It is remarkable how on almost every point the falconers ...
... sport was introduced into Europe from the East , and that there is reason to believe that Hawking was practised by Europeans at least three centuries before the Christian era . * It is remarkable how on almost every point the falconers ...
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... sport by procuring , from various parts of Scandinavia , the celebrated jerfalcons of Northern Europe , which were held in the highest esteem by those to whom they were sent as presents . Although the precise date of the introduction of ...
... sport by procuring , from various parts of Scandinavia , the celebrated jerfalcons of Northern Europe , which were held in the highest esteem by those to whom they were sent as presents . Although the precise date of the introduction of ...
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ACCIPITRARIA Albans Albertus Magnus amongst Arabic Aucupio Aves bábs Baron Berkut birds Black letter British Museum Brunetto Latini caça Caccia Catalogue Caza century chapter Charles Chasse cited contains copy d'Arcussia eagle Earl Emperor Frederick engraved eyess Falconry Falken Fauconnerie fauconniers feathers field sports flight flown flying folio Fowling France French German given Goshawk Hammer Purgstall hawks heron Heron-hawking hood Hunting illustrations Italian Jerfalcon jesses John kinds of hawks King krechet Kreysig LA FAUCONNERIE Lanner Latin LIBRI LIBRO Livre du Roi London lure Madrid modo moult Nicholas Cox Norfolk Oiseaux original Paris partridges Peregrine Persian Peter Ballantine Pichot Pierre plates poem portrait practice Prince printed published Purgstall quarry referred relating to Falconry reprint Roy Modus Royal Saker Schlegel second edition Sir Ralph Sadler Sir Thomas Monson Spanish Sparrow-hawk Thornton Thornville trained Traité translation treatise Uccelli Vénerie woodcuts writer
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