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Published by East Anglian Collectors, Curtons House, Walpole St. Peter, Wisbech, Cambs. 1970., 1970
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Paperback, 1970). (1810) ND [1970] 1st edition thus - paperback issue. 4to (105 x 286mm). Not paginated (30 pages of text and 10 plates plus a number of blank leaves - c. 52pp). Ten full page b/w plates from engravings by I.L. Reinold, plus text engravings. Stained sticker ghost / abrasion to front cover, slight spotting to edges else internally clean, unread paperback. A modern reprint of the extensive entries on falcons and falconry taken from Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1793-1826). "This encyclopedia article provided important falconry information in a period generally devoid of falconry literature." (Swift). The Encyclopaedia Londinensis was an attempt at a statement of all knowledge at time of publication, and ran to 24 volumes. Volumes 1-22 (and so, this article) were edited by J. Jones and Volumes 23 and 24 by G. Jones, (information from the Smithsonian Libraries). The title-page of Volume 7 credits John Wilkes of Milland House with having "compiled, digested and arranged" the work. This 1970 off-print was the only commercially available source of this discussion of falcons and falconry from the turn of the Nineteenth Century. .
Published by East Anglian Collectors. Curtons House, Walpole St. Peter, Wisbech, Cambs. 1970., 1970
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1970). (1810) ND [1970] 1st edition thus. 4to (105 x 286mm). Not paginated (30 pages of text and 10 plates plus a number of blank leaves - c. 52pp). Ten full page b/w plates from engravings by I.L. Reinold, plus text engravings. Original untitled green cloth. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Slight staining to cloth but good-plus. Bookseller's and limitation labels on end-papers. A modern reprint of the extensive entries on falcons and falconry taken from Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1793-1826). "This encyclopedia article provided important falconry information in a period generally devoid of falconry literature." (Swift). The Encyclopaedia Londinensis was an attempt at a statement of all knowledge at time of publication, and ran to 24 volumes. Volumes 1-22 (and so, this article) were edited by J. Jones and Volumes 23 and 24 by G. Jones, (information from the Smithsonian Libraries). The title-page of Volume 7 credits John Wilkes of Milland House with having "compiled, digested and arranged" the work. .
Published by East Anglian Collectors. Curtons House, Walpole St. Peter, Wisbech, Cambs. 1970., 1970
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1970). (1810) ND [1970] 1st edition thus. 4to (105 x 286mm). Not paginated (30 pages of text and 10 plates plus a number of blank leaves - c. 52pp). Ten full page b/w plates from engravings by I.L. Reinold, plus text engravings. Original untitled green cloth. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Good-plus. Bookseller's and limitation labels on end-papers. A modern reprint of the extensive entries on falcons and falconry taken from Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1793-1826). "This encyclopedia article provided important falconry information in a period generally devoid of falconry literature." (Swift). The Encyclopaedia Londinensis was an attempt at a statement of all knowledge at time of publication, and ran to 24 volumes. Volumes 1-22 (and so, this article) were edited by J. Jones and Volumes 23 and 24 by G. Jones, (information from the Smithsonian Libraries). The title-page of Volume 7 credits John Wilkes of Milland House with having "compiled, digested and arranged" the work. .
Published by East Anglian Collectors, Curtons House, Walpole St. Peter, Wisbech, Cambs. 1970., 1970
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1970). (1810) ND [1970] 1st edition thus. 4to (105 x 286mm). Not paginated (30 pages of text and 10 plates plus a number of blank leaves - c. 52pp). Ten full page b/w plates from engravings by I.L. Reinold, plus text engravings. Original untitled green cloth. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Slight end-paper stain but a good copy. Copy no. 35. Bookplate of falconry book collector, Count Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. A modern reprint of the extensive entries on falcons and falconry taken from Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1793-1826). "This encyclopedia article provided important falconry information in a period generally devoid of falconry literature." (Swift). The Encyclopaedia Londinensis was an attempt at a statement of all knowledge at time of publication, and ran to 24 volumes. Volumes 1-22 (and so, this article) were edited by J. Jones and Volumes 23 and 24 by G. Jones, (information from the Smithsonian Libraries). The title-page of Volume 7 credits John Wilkes of Milland House with having "compiled, digested and arranged" the work. .