Originally published in 1575 under title: The booke of faulconrie or hauking

Usually bound with an edition of: Gascoigne, George. The noble arte of venerie or hunting.--ESTC

Head- and tail-pieces; printed marginal notes

In this issue A1r has catchword "com". Another issue has catchword "of" (STC 24325)

Signatures: [par.]́þ A-Źı 2Áþ (2A4=blank)

Title page vignette; head- and tailpieces; initials

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)

English short title catalogue

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in green goatskin panelled in gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt. All text block edges are gilt. The arms of Thomas Kinnear are stencilled onto the second front flyleaf recto. The bookplate of J. Hamilton Leigh, along with a presentation inscription of the same to William J Smith Marriott, is present on the second front flyleaf recto. The final, blank leaf (2A4) is wanting. This item is the first of two bound into a single volume titled, "The Booke of Falconrie." This volume contains [1]: The booke of falconrie or hauuking -- [2]: The noble art of Venerie or hunting [ESTC no. S118822]

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