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Anon, Wendell Mitchell

 
9781447460312: A History and Guide to Falconry or Hawking - Including a Popular History of Birds
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ISBN 10: 1447460316 ISBN 13: 9781447460312
Editorial: Sutton Press, 2012

Sinopsis

The oldest of field sports explained from both ends: how hawking was practised and written about, and what sort of creature a bird actually is.

A History and Guide to Falconry or Hawking, this anonymous volume sets the sport inside a wider account of birds. It opens well away from the hawking field, with a systematic survey of the bird families, a chapter on their structure and functions, and a popular natural history of the better-known kinds. Only then does it turn to the sport itself, considering hawking first historically and then practically, and closing on the way it is carried on in the field. The author is not named, and the writing has the unhurried, descriptive manner of an older school of natural history.

It answers two curiosities at once. For anyone drawn to birds of prey, it is a portrait of the craft as an earlier generation understood it, before modern practice settled its shape. For the reader who simply likes birds, the opening chapters are an accessible piece of period ornithology, more interested in habit and character than in system.

This edition features:

  • A systematic survey of the bird families, with a chapter on their structure and functions
  • The history of hawking set beside the practical business of flying and keeping a hawk
  • A popular natural history of birds, written for the general reader rather than the specialist
  • Of interest to falconers, field sports readers, and anyone drawn to early bird study

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Reseña del editor

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to falconry, together with interesting historical information relating to the practice. Containing a wealth of invaluable information and handy tips, this volume constitutes a must-read for novice falconers, and would make for a marvellous addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “The Systematic History of Birds”, “The Structure and Functions of Birds”, “The Popular History of Birds”, “Falconry, or Hawking, Historically and Practically Considered”, and “The Practice of Falconry, or Hawking”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on falconry.

Reseña del editor

This wonderful guide to the basic structure of hunting birds and how to train and utilise them to the very fullest. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Editorial
Sutton Press
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1447460316
ISBN 13 
9781447460312
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
124
Contacto del fabricante
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