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Taymur Mirza (Husam Ud-Dawlah), Phillott, Douglas Craven (Transl.).

The Baz-Nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian treatise on falconry [.].

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1908.,

2000.00 €

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Author
Taymur Mirza (Husam Ud-Dawlah), Phillott, Douglas Craven (Transl.).
Publishers
London, Bernard Quaritch, 1908.
Keyword
Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
Languages
English

Description

8vo. XXIV, 195 pp., final blank page. With 25 numbered illustrations mainly depicting falcons and hunting and hawking scenes, including frontispiece and of which several full-page. Contemporary full cloth with giltstamped spine-title and illustration of a hunt to front cover. First edition. One of 500 copies of this rare Persian treatise on falconry, giving a detailed account of falcons as well as hunting-birds in general, translated by Douglas Craven Phillott. The translator's introduction gives an account of the author, a prince of Persia (d. 1874), and his book. "An excellent translation [.] A valuable addition to a falconer's library, whether or not he be interested in hawking in the East" (Barber). - Corners and spine ends lightly bumped; small tears to cloth in the upper part of the spine. Bookplate of G. J. B. Barry, depicting a falcon, to pastedown. A rare and very important work by a falconer who flourished in the middle of the 19th century. - Schwerdt IV, 92. Barber 14.
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