76 BOOKS ON FALCONR Y. 



autres autheurs qui se sont peu trouver, traictans de 



ce subject. De nouveau reveue corrig^e et augmentee 



outre les pr^cedentes impressions. Paris, chez Abel 



L'Angelier, au premier pillier de la Grande Salle du 



Palais. 1607. 4to- 



The three editions here quoted will suffice to show the 

 variations which are to be found in the title of this work, which 

 is illustrated throughout with woodcuts, and is often bound 

 up with " La Vtnerie " de Jacques du Fouilloux, an equally 

 celebrated treatise on Hunting. It was printed in Paris in 4to 

 by Abel L'Angelier in 1585, 1602, 1607, 1613, 1614, i6i8, and 

 1627 ; and by Cramoisy in 1621, 1624, and 1628. Though thus 

 frequently reprinted, it is still amongst the rarest of French 

 works on the subject. 



146. BELON (Pierre, du Mans). Histoire de la 



Nature des Oyseaux : avec leur descriptions et naifs 



portraicts, retirez du naturel, escrite en sept livres par 



Pierre Belon du Mans. Paris, chez Guillaume Cavellat. 



1555. folio. 



The first part of the second book contains descriptions, 

 pp. 83-131, of the diurnal birds of prey, with some general 

 and historical details relating to Falconry. It was from this 

 source that Bouchet (No. 150), a few years later (1567), derived 

 most of his information : in fact, Belon as an original observer 

 has had many copyists. 



147. ESTIENNE (Charles). L' Agriculture et 

 Maison Rustique de M. Charles Estienne, docteur en 

 mddecine. En laquelle est contenu tout ce qui pent 



estre requis, etc Plus un bref Recueil de la 



Chasse et de la Fauconnerie. Paris, Jacques du Puys. 

 1564. 4to. 



Another edition, Paris, Lyons, and Anvers, 1565. 



