12 BO OKS ON FAL CONR V. 



of Hawkes, their diseases and cures ; and all such 

 speciall poynts as anywise appertaine to so gentleman- 

 like qualitie. N ow newly collected by W. G. ; Faulkener. 

 Publicum commodtcm privato preferendum. I mprinted 

 at London by Adam I slip and are to be sold by Richard 

 Olive, 1596. sm. 4to. 



The title in roman ; remainder in black letter ; A — I in fours. 

 This is practically a later version of the Book of St. Albans 

 with variations, and is of extreme rarity. No copy is to be 

 found in the British Museum ; but copies were disposed of 

 in Haworth's Sale, 1826, ^^4 4^. ; Milner's, 1829, J[,6 ; and 

 Donovan's, ^\ 5^. The portion on Fowling, entitled " A brief 

 Treatis of Fowling, wherein is contained divers proper devises 

 both of bayts and others with the making of Byrdlime," etc., is 

 for the most part copied verbatim without acknowledgment from 

 Batman uppon Bartholome his booke, De proprietatibus rerum, 

 profitable for all estates, as well for the mind as for the body. 

 Printed by Thomas East, 1582 ; folio. (Intro. Book xii. de avibus.) 



14. TURBERVILE (George). The Booke of 

 Faulconrie or Hawking ; for the onely delight and 

 pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen. Collected 

 out of the best aucthors as well Italians as Frenchmen, 

 and some English practises withall concernyng Faul- 

 conrie : the contents whereof are to be seene in the 

 next page followyng. By George Turbervile, gentle- 

 man. Nocet empta dolore voluptas. 



[Half-page cut of Falconers with hawk and spaniels.] 

 Imprinted at London for Christopher Barker at the 

 signe of the Grasshopper in Paules Churchyarde. 

 Anno 1575. sm. 4to. . 



Dedication to the Rt. Hon. Ambrose, Earl of Warwick. 



George Turbervile, a gentleman of Dorsetshire family, was a 

 poet as well as a writer on Field Sports. He was appointed 

 Secretary to Thomas Randolph during his Embassy to Russia 



