TURBERVILLE, George (?1540 - ?1610). The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. Bound with: The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking... newly revived, corrected, and augmented. London: Thomas Purfoot, 1611. 2 works in 1 volume, 4° (189 x 148mm.). First work: large woodcut on title (close-shaved at outer margin), 48 woodcut illustrations. Second work: large woodcut of the Earl of Warwick and attendants on title, 43 woodcut illustrations. (Both works include a few repeats, first work lacks front blank.) Contemporary limp vellum (ties lacking). Provenance : Vernon Watney (oval leather book-label). Good copies of the second editions of two classic English works on hunting. The first editions were published in 1575 and, with the exception of the substitution of King James I for Queen Elizabeth, the woodcuts employed remained the same. STC 24329 and 24325; Schwerdt II. pp. 271-2.
TURBERVILLE, George (?1540 - ?1610). The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. Bound with: The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking... newly revived, corrected, and augmented. London: Thomas Purfoot, 1611. 2 works in 1 volume, 4° (189 x 148mm.). First work: large woodcut on title (close-shaved at outer margin), 48 woodcut illustrations. Second work: large woodcut of the Earl of Warwick and attendants on title, 43 woodcut illustrations. (Both works include a few repeats, first work lacks front blank.) Contemporary limp vellum (ties lacking). Provenance : Vernon Watney (oval leather book-label). Good copies of the second editions of two classic English works on hunting. The first editions were published in 1575 and, with the exception of the substitution of King James I for Queen Elizabeth, the woodcuts employed remained the same. STC 24329 and 24325; Schwerdt II. pp. 271-2.
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