32 BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



42. BRADLEY (Richard, F.R.S.). Husbandry 



and Trade improved : a Collection of Essays. Second 



edition, edited by John Houghton, F.R.S. London. 



1728. 4 vols. 8vo. 



Vol. 3 contains several chapters on Hawks and Falconry, 

 chiefly compiled from Willughby and Ray (No. 35). 



43. H. (R.) The School of Recreation : or a 

 Guide to the most ingenious exercises of Hunting, 

 Riding, Racing .... Hawking, etc. By R. H. Lon- 

 don, Printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red- Lyon in 

 Paternoster-row. 1732. i2mo. 



A small and unimportant treatise, but seldom to be met with. 



44. ANON. The Sportsman's Dictionary ; or the 

 Country Gentleman's Companion in all rural recrea- 

 tions. With full and particular instructions for Hunt- 

 ing, Shooting, Fishing, Hawking, &c. London. 1735. 

 2nd ed. 1744. 8vo. 



With plates reduced from Blome (No. 41). 



45. SOMERVILE (W.). Field Sports : a Poem 

 Humbly Address'dto His Royal Highness the Prince. 

 By William Somervile, Esq. London. Printed for 

 J. Stagg in Westminster Hall. 1742. folio. 



The first edition in folio, pp. 14, the original price of which 

 was one shilling, contains a description of flying at the Stag 

 with Eagles ; Heron-hawking ; Flying at the River ; Partridge 

 Hawking ; and Daring Larks with a Hobby. 



Of this work there have been several editions, of which the 

 handsomest in 4to was printed by Bulmer in 18 13, with cuts by 

 Bewick. Of the smaller editions, the best is that by Edward 

 Topham, printed with The Chace at the Chiswick Press in 18 17, 

 with engravings by Scott from paintings by Sartorius. 



