The Art and Practice of Hawking - Couverture souple

Michell, E. B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447464486 ISBN 13 : 9781447464488

Editeur : Blumenfeld Press, 2012

Synopsis

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the art of hawking, with information on training, game-hawking, equipment, care and management, nutrition, handling, history, and much more. Based on the author's thirty years hawking experience, this timeless manual contains everything a beginner might need to know on the subject, and will also include information of value to those with more experience. Contents include: "History and Literature", "The Birds Used in Hawking", "Furniture and Fittings", "Eyesses and Hack Hawks", "Passage Hawks", "Training and Entering", "Rook-Hawking", "Game-Hawking", "Lark-Hawking", "Gulls, Heron, Kite, Duck", "The Goshawk", et cetera. Many vintage texts such as this, especially those dating back to the 1900s and before, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on falconry.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Edward Blair Michell (1843-1926) was born in Oxford, son of the principal of Hertford College Oxford. An English barrister and rower and was also a boxer, a linguist, an authority on falconry and the author of books on a variety of subjects. He was also a French advocate and highly fluent in French. He was in Paris during the time of the Paris Commune. He published a view of life under the commune in Fraser's Magazine. Michell was later legal adviser to Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam and fluent in Siamese wrote a Siamese-English dictionary. Michell was expert on hawking and was considered possibly the greatest authority on merlins. He wrote on the art and practice of hawking.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Hawking dates back to antiquity and has been practiced in one form or another in every civilization. Here is a guide for anybody wishing to train a hawk for hunting or for pleasure. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blumenfeld Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447464486
• ISBN 13: 9781447464488
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible