The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Bibliotheca accipitraria. A collection of books ancient and modern relating to falconry. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1891 FIRST EDITION, HARTING’S OWN COPY, INTERLEAVED AND ANNOTATED BY HIM AND WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA PASTED IN OR LOOSELY INSERTED, 8vo (232 x 155mm.), title printed in red and black with wood-engraved vignette of a falcon, contemporary morocco backed cloth, bound without illustrations (excluding frontispiece), binding rubbed, spine somewhat worn A wonderful copy of the most important bibliography of falconry. Harting notes on the flyleaf "Author’s copy | Interleaved for additions | 15. Dec. 1891." The copy is profusely annotated by Harting, who has also pasted in illustrations, cuttings from booksellers’ catalogues, postage stamps and illustrations. There is also a great deal of correspondence loosely inserted from ornithologists (including Lord Lilford), publishers (including John Murray , nobility, diplomats, scholars and so on. LITERATURE:Swift 246.01 (noting this copy) PROVENANCE:J.E. Harting, armorial bookplate; Downside Abbey, book labelCondition reportBound without illustrations (excluding fronitispiece), binding rubbed, spine somewhat worn The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Bibliotheca accipitraria. A collection of books ancient and modern relating to falconry. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1891 FIRST EDITION, HARTING’S OWN COPY, INTERLEAVED AND ANNOTATED BY HIM AND WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA PASTED IN OR LOOSELY INSERTED, 8vo (232 x 155mm.), title printed in red and black with wood-engraved vignette of a falcon, contemporary morocco backed cloth, bound without illustrations (excluding frontispiece), binding rubbed, spine somewhat worn A wonderful copy of the most important bibliography of falconry. Harting notes on the flyleaf "Author’s copy | Interleaved for additions | 15. Dec. 1891." The copy is profusely annotated by Harting, who has also pasted in illustrations, cuttings from booksellers’ catalogues, postage stamps and illustrations. There is also a great deal of correspondence loosely inserted from ornithologists (including Lord Lilford), publishers (including John Murray , nobility, diplomats, scholars and so on. LITERATURE:Swift 246.01 (noting this copy) PROVENANCE:J.E. Harting, armorial bookplate; Downside Abbey, book labelCondition reportBound without illustrations (excluding fronitispiece), binding rubbed, spine somewhat worn The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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