Bibliotheca Accipitraria: A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, With Notes, Glossary and Vocabulary (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James Edmund Harting

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026624663X ISBN 13: 9780266246633

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Bibliotheca Accipitraria: A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, With Notes, Glossary and Vocabulary

In the present Bibliotheca A ca'pitran'a, profiting by the labours of my predecessors, and having made researches in all directions,i have been able to set down 378 titles in nineteen languages. These have been transcribed verbatim cl Iiteratim, and the various editions and translations indicated. In the course of twenty years' collecting, the majority of the books have been either procured, or seen, and carefully examined; and it is believed that no printed work of any importance has escaped notice. Incidentally a great number of mss. Have been referred to, and the libraries in which they are preserved indicated but they have not been catalogued for two reasons. In the first place, I have already given an account of the Eng lish mss. Relating to Falconry in my Introduction to an Eliza bethan treatise on the Sparrow-hawk and Goshawk (n o. 81 of the present Bibliotheca) and, in the next place, no proper catalogue of existing mss. On the subject in other languages could be prepared without making a tour of the principal Continental libraries, and devoting a considerable time to an examination of the originals. It has been thought desirable, however, to state where mss. Of importance are deposited, so that those who have the leisure and inclination to examine them may be guided in their research. This information will be found in the critical notes which follow the titles, where also the reader will often discover some account of the authors of im portant works, with hints as to the sources of their inspiration.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026624663X
• ISBN 13: 9780266246633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 379