424 SURTEES. MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. 8vo., FIRST EDITION, with 24 full-page coloured plates and numerous woodcuts by John Leech and H. K. Browne; a fine copy in the original cloth 425 426 1865 the same. 8vo., in 12 parts with wrappers and advertisements as issued, enclosed in a green morocco case 1865 Hillingdon Hall; or, the Cockney Squire. A Tale of Country Life. FIRST DEMY 8VO. AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION, with 12 coloured plates by Wildrake, Heath, and Jellicoe; a fine copy in the original cloth 1888 427 TRAPS. A Booke of Engines and Traps to take Polcats, Buzzards, Rats, Mice and other Vermine. 12mo., with 34 woodcuts; newly bound in half morocco John Wolfe, 1600 COLLATION: Title and G3-M2, in fours, numbered pages 53-91; the last 3 leaves defective. 428 TURBERVILE (George). THE NOBLE ARTE OF VENERIE OR HVNTING. V Vherein is handled and fet out the Vertues, Nature, and Properties of fiuetene fundrie Chaces togither, with the order and maner how to Hunte and kill euery one of them. Tranflated and collected for the pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, out of the beft approued Authors . . . (Colophon :) Imprinted by Henry Bynneman, for Christopher Barker. With 53 fine woodcuts (32 repeated) [1575] The Booke of Falconrie or Hau-KING, FOR THE ONELY DE-light and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen: Collected out of the beft authours, afvvell Italians as Frenchmen, and fome English practifes withall concernyng Faulconrie . . . By George Turbervile Gentleman Imprinted at London for Chriftopher Barker 1575. (With numerous woodcuts). 1575 2 vols., sm. 4to., with numerous woodcuts; the title to 'the Booke of Falconrie' in facsimile; otherwise sound copies newly bound in light brown morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere; VERY SCARCE 1575 75 0 0 Both works are of the very rare first editions. The 'Booke of Falconrie' was the first authoritative work on the subject published in England. "Turbervile, Latham, and Bert may be regarded as the old English masters of Falconry. They wrote chiefly from experience, although Turbervile borrowed much from French and Italian authors of repute. Before his day the books in use were either garbled versions of the Book of St. Albans,' and of little practical value, or compositions by writers who had but slight acquaintance with the subject." -J. E. Harting. COLLATION of 'The Noble Arte of Venerie': Title, with list of contents on reverse; dedication to Sir Henry Clinton, 1 leaf; The Translator to the Reader,' dated, From my chambur this. xvi. of June. 1575.' 3 pages; commendatory verses by George Gascoigne and T. M. Q., 3 pages; text, pp. 1-202, 359, 358, 363, 362, 205-248; 'The measures of blowing set downe in the notes,' 2 leaves. COLLATION of the Booke of Faulconrie': Title, with list of contents on reverse; dedication to the Earl of Warwick, 5 pages; 'The names of those Authours, from whom this collection of Falconrie is borrowed,' 1 page; verses by Turbervile in commendation of hawking, 4 pages; TURBERVILE, continued: 429 430 431 432 433 434 verses by Ro. Baynes, 1 page; a blank page; text, pp. 1-370 (numbered THE NOBLE ARTE OF VENERIE OR HVNTING. VVherein is handled and Sm. 4to., with 53 fine woodcuts (32 repeated); plain upper and outer margins of title restored, and the two leaves "The measures of blowing" and a corner of the last leaf of text in facsimile, otherwise a good and sound copy; brown morocco extra, gilt edges, from the library of William Morris; VERY RARE £ s. d. [1575] 40 00 FIRST EDITION. Collation: Title, with list of contents on reverse; dedication to Sir Henry Clinton, 1 leaf; The Translator to the Reader,' dated, ' From my chamber this. Xvi of June. 1575.' 3 pages; commendatory verses by George Gascoigne and T. M. Q., 3 pages; text, pp. 1-202, 359, 358, 363, 362, 205-248; The measures of blowing set down in the notes,' 2 leaves. This copy has Turbevile's Epilogue (in verse), 3 pages; inserted from the Booke THE BOOKE OF FALCONRIE OF HAVVKING; For the onely delight and 6 2 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., black letter, with numerous woodcuts; the same. the same. 1611 18 0 0 2 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., fine and exceptionally large copies, none of the leaves being cut into; orange morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere the same. 2 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., a large copy (185 x 148 mm.), the Booke of Falconrie' having the blank last leaf, and the Art of Venerie' the blank preliminary leaf, 4; a few leaves a little waterstained, but very fine and sound copies, in the original limp vellum wrapper 1611 32 0 0 The woodcuts in the second edition are the same, except that those representing THE NOBLE ART OF VENERIE OR HUNTING. Sm. 4to., the 2 leaves 435 TWICI. Le ART de VENERIE, par Guyllame Twici. Ex MSS. Phillipps. No. 8336. Printed at Middle Hill Press, January, 1840. 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