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Hardback. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A scarce facsimile edition of this fifteenth-century treatise on hunting, hawking, and heraldry. Originally written by Dame Julia Berners and containing a lengthy introduction by William Blades. A fascinating facsimile edition of this late fifteenth-century work on the interests of a gentlemen, including hunting, hawking, and heraldry.Written by Dame Juliana Berners a fourteenth and fifteenth-century expert on heraldry, hawking, and hunting. She was allegedly the prioress of the Priory of St. Mary of Sopwell, near St. Albans.Originally printed in Saint Albans by the Schoolmaster-Printer in 1486.Only three perfect copies of the first edition of this work are known to exist, this facsimile edition, originally published in 1881, being one of them.Containing a lengthy and informative introduction by William Blades, which includes information on the authorship, typography, bibliography, and philology.This copy has been rebound in paper-covered boards and enclosed in a buckram covered case. It includes the original front of the paper wrap adhered to the front free-endpaper. Rebound in paper-covered boards and enclosed in a contemporary buckram covered case, with the original front of the paper wrap adhered to the front free-endpaper. Externally, a few spots to the boards and some loss to the head and tail of the spine. Buckram case is smart, with just minor shelf wear and a few marks to the interior. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages contain the off instance of light spotting, but are generally bright and clean. Good. book.