110 Rare Old Books on Falconry Hawking Hawk Falcon Training Coursing Hunting Falconer Techniques Raptor Lure Making - Instant PDF Downloads

THE FALCONRY & HAWKING COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 110 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of FALCONRY, HAWKING & BIRDS OF PREY.

The ancient pursuit of hunting wild animals in their natural habitat using birds of prey is a pastime that is enjoyed the world over. Thought to have originated at around 2000 BC in Mesopotamia, falconry has often been regarded as the sport of kings and nobility. This is a real treasure trove of books, some of which are extremely rare, providing a valuable research library for anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject. Also included are books on coursing, the pursuit of wild animals using hunting dogs. The full list of titles speaks for itself….

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Full List of Books Included:


A descriptive catalogue of the raptorial birds in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum - J. H. Gurney (1864)

A dictionary of sports; or, Companion to the field, the forest, and the riverside Vol. 1 - H. Harewood (1835)

A dictionary of sports; or, Companion to the field, the forest, and the riverside Vol. 2 - H. Harewood (1835)

A Hawking Expedition - F. C. Clarke (1901) (article)

A history of British birds (Vol. 3 - Reptatores, creepers; Scansores, climbers; Cuculina; Raptores, plunderers, or rapacious birds) - W. Macgillivray (1837)

A list of the diurnal birds of prey, with references and annotations - J. H. Gurney (1884)

A sketch of the collection of raptorial birds in the Norwich museum - J. H. Gurney (1872)

A synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution - H. K. Swann (1921)

A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) - comprising species and subspecies, with their characters and distribution Vol. 1 - H. K. Swann (1919)

A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) - comprising species and subspecies, with their characters and distribution Vol. 2 - H. K. Swann (1919)

A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) - comprising species and subspecies, with their characters and distribution Vol. 3 - H. K. Swann (1919)

A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) - comprising species and subspecies, with their characters and distribution Vol. 4 - H. K. Swann (1919)

A treatise of modern faulconry - J. Campbell (1773)

A year of sport and natural history - shooting, hunting, coursing, falconry and fishing by O. Crawfurd (1895)

Arrian on coursing by W. Dansey (1831 Ed)

Arte da caça de altaneria by D. Fernandes Ferriera (1899)

Aves de rapiña y su caza - Duque de Medinaceli (1918) (Spanish text)

Bert's Treatise of Hawks and Hawking - E. Bert (1891)

Bibliotheca accipitraria; a catalogue of books ancient and modern relating to falconry, with notes, glossary and vocabulary by J. E. Harting (1891)

Bird guide - water birds, game birds and birds of prey - C. A. Reed (1916)

Bird life in England - E. Arnold (1887)

Birds and man - W. H. Hudson (1915)

Birds that hunt and are hunted - N. Blanchan (1905)

British field sports - embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing by J. Lawrence (1820)

British rural sports - comprising shooting, hunting, coursing, fishing, hawking, etc. - J. Walsh (1886)

British sports - for the amusement of children - W. Belch (1820)

Catalogue of the birds of prey (Accipitres and Striges), with the number of specimens in Norwich museum - J. H. Gurney (1894)

Certain miscellany tracts - T. Browne (1684)

Coursing and falconry - H. Cox (1892)

Coursing and falconry (revised ed.) - H. Cox (1899)

Descriptions of the rapacious birds of Great Britain - W. Macgillivray (1836)

Die europäischen Tag-Raubvögel - H. Schlegel (1845) (German text)

Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas Vol. 1 - O. Von Reisenthal (1876) (German text)

Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas Vol. 2 - O. Von Reisenthal (1876) (German text)

El libro de las aves de caça by P. L. de Ayala (1869)

El libro dela caza by D. J. Manuel (1880)

Falconry - its claims, history, and practice - G. E. Freeman (1859)

Falconry - W. Wood (1870) (article)

Falconry by E. D. Radcliffe (1890)

Falconry in the valley of the indus - R. F. Burton (1852)

Falconry, the sport of kings by L. A. Fuertes (1920)

Food habits of common hawks - W. L. McAtee (1921)

Frank Forester's field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America Vol. 1 - H. W. Herbert (1874)

Frank Forester's field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America Vol. 2 - H. W. Herbert (1874)

Friends and foes of wild life. A discussion of certain predacious birds and animals from the standpoint of the sportsman, trapper and farmer - C. G. Abbott (1919)

Game birds and birds of prey, life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey - N. Blanchan (1898)

Hawks and Hawking (1853) (article)

Hawks and Owls from the Standpoint of the Farmer - A. K. Fisher (1895)

Heinrich Mynsinger von den falken, pferden und hunden - M. Albertus (1863)

Horses, guns and dogs - J. O. Paget (1903)

Hunting dogs by O. Hartley (c1909)

Il Manuale del moderno Falconiere - G. E. Chiorino (1906) (Italian text)

Illustrated bird dictionary and note book - Water birds, game birds and birds of prey - C. A. Reed (1912)

La conférence des fauconniers de Charles d'Arcussia, réimprimée sur l'édition de 1644 - E. Jullien (1883) (French text)

La fauconnerie, ancienne et moderne - J. C. Chenu (1862) (French text)

Le livre de l'art de faulconnerie et des chiens de chasse (Vol. 1) by G. Tardif (1882) (French text)

Le livre de l'art de faulconnerie et des chiens de chasse (Vol. 2) by G. Tardif (1882) (French text)

Le livre du roi Dancus, suivi d'un traité de fauconnerie - Albertus (1883) (French text)

Lord Lilford on birds, With contributed papers upon falconry and otter hunting - T. Lilford (1903)

Manitoba birds of prey and the small mammals destroyed by them - G. E. Atkinson (1899)

Manual of British rural sports - comprising shooting, hunting, coursing, fishing, hawking, etc. - J. Walsh (1861)

Observations upon hawking - J. Sebright (1826)

On some new or little-known species of accipitres in the collection of the Norwich Museum - S. P. Sclater (1858)

Our birds of prey; or The eagles, hawks, and owls of Canada. With 30 photographic illus - H. G. Vennor (1876)

Practical falconry, to which is added, How I became a falconer by G. E. Freeman (1869)

Rapacious birds of Ohio - J. Kirkpatrick (1859)

Raptors - C. Ferguson (1908) (article)

Reliqua librorum Friderici II. imperatoris, De arte venandi cum avibus, cum Manfredi regis additionibus, ex membranis vetustis nunc primùm edita (1596)

Reliqua librorum Friderici II. imperatoris, De arte venandi cum avibus, cum Manfredi regis additionibus, ex membranis vetustis nunc primùm edita (1601)

Reminiscences of an old sportsman (Vol. 1) by J. P. Hamilton (1860)

Reminiscences of an old sportsman (Vol. 2) by J. P. Hamilton (1860)

Rural sports Vol. 1 by W. B. Daniel (1801)

Rural sports Vol. 2 by W. B. Daniel (1801)

Saddle and sirloin by H. H. Dixon (1870)

Shooting - a manual of practical information on this branch of British field sports - R. Blakey (1859)

Some common game, aquatic and rapacious birds in relation to man - W. L. McAtee (1921)

Songs of the chace - containing an extensive collection relative to the sports of the field, including the several subjects of hunting, shooting, racing, coursing, angling, hawking, etc. (1811)

Syanika satra or a book on hawking by R. Rudradeva (1910)

The American hunting dog; modern strains of bird dogs and hounds, and their field training - W. H. Miller (1921)

The Ancient Sport of Falconry (1915) (article)

The art and practice of hawking by E. B. Michell (1900)

The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes - H. S. Beaufort (1892)

The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri, a Persian treatise on falconry - Husam al-Dawlah Timur Mirza (English Translation)(1908)

The book of Saint Albans - A treatise on Hawking, Hunting and Cote D'Amour by J. Berners (1881)

The booke of falconrie or hawking, for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen - G. Turberville (1611)

The common hawks and owls of California from the standpoint of the rancher - J. S. Dixon (1922)

The dog in health and disease - Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc. - J. H. Walsh (1879)

The Driffield angler, To which are added, instructions for shooting; with rules for the breeding, breaking, and management of pointers and spaniels - A. Mackintosh (1806)

The gentleman's recreation - in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing by N. Cox (1686)

The hare National history by H. A. Macpherson (1896)

The hawks and owls of Ontario - L. L. Snyder (1921)

The hawks and owls of the United States in their relation to agriculture - A. K. Fisher (1893)

The hawks of the Canadian prairie provinces in their relation to agriculture - P. A. Taverner (1918)

The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick by F. Willughby (1678)

The raptorial birds of Iowa - B. H. Bailey (1918)

The shooter's companion - T. B. Johnson (1823)

The shooter's guide or, Complete sportsman's companion by T. B. Johnson (1826)

The shooter's guide; or, Complete sportsman's companion - T. B. Johnson (1814)

The South African birds of prey, their economic relations to man - A. K. Haagner (1908)

The sporting dog by J. A. Graham (1904)

The sports and pastimes of the people of England. From the earliest period - J. Strutt (1903)

The sportsman's British bird book - R. Lydekker (1908)

The sportsman's cyclopaedia - comprising a complete elucidation of the science and practice of hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, fishing, hawking, cockfighting - T. B. Johnson (1848)

The sportsman's library - J. Mills (1845)

Traité de fauconnerie (Vol. Plates) by E. Schlegel (1844)

Traité de fauconnerie (Vol. Text) by E. Schlegel (1844)

With hound and terrier in the field - hunting reminiscences by A. F. Serrell (1904)



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