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Bibliotheca Accipitraria: A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, With Notes, Glossary and Vocabulary (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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On examining the titles of all these works, two things are particularly striking - first, the great antiquity of Falconry; and secondly, its widespread practice.
The origin of the art it is now impossible to discover. From the earliest times of which history takes cognizance people of all nations, but more particularly those of Eastern origin, have practised the sport, and we may form some idea of its antiquity from Sir Henry Layard's discovery of a has relief amongst the ruins of Khorsabad, in which a falconer is represented carrying a hawk upon his fist. From this he has inferred that hawking was practised there some I 700 years before the Christian era.
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On examining the titles of all these works, two things are particularly striking - first, the great antiquity of Falconry; and secondly, its widespread practice.
The origin of the art it is now impossible to discover. From the earliest times of which history takes cognizance people of all nations, but more particularly those of Eastern origin, have practised the sport, and we may form some idea of its antiquity from Sir Henry Layard's discovery of a has relief amongst the ruins of Khorsabad, in which a falconer is represented carrying a hawk upon his fist. From this he has inferred that hawking was practised there some I 700 years before the Christian era.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781332002740
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- Number of pages378
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