SPANISH. 123 



Below the title is a rude woodcut of the Goshawk (el A^or) 

 beneath which is the date Aiio mdlxviiij. 



242. ARGOTE DE MOLINA (Gonzalo). Libro de 

 LA MoNTERiA que mando escrevir el muy alto y muy 

 poderoso Rey Don Alonso de Castilla y de Leon 

 [Alonso XI.] ultimo deste nombre. Acrecentado por 

 Gonzalo Argote de Molina. Dirigido a la S.C.R.M. 

 del Rey Don Philipe Segundo Nuestro Sefior. [Wood- 

 cut of royal arms.] Impreso en Sevilla por Andrea 

 Pescioni. 1582. Folio. 



The first edition of a work founded, it is said, on that of Don 

 Juan Manuel, illustrated with woodcuts, and of extreme rarity. 

 In 1876 a copy in Paris fetched 45of It was reprinted in 8vo, 

 Madrid, 1877, in the "Bibliotheca Venatoria" edited by Don 

 Gutierrez de la Vega, and again in 1882. Although included 

 by Hammer Purgstall (No. 112) and Schlegel (No. 194) amongst 

 the books on Falconry, it relates exclusively to hunting, and is 

 only mentioned here as one of the rarest of Spanish books on 

 the Chase, and lest, after the notices above referred to, it might 

 be supposed to have been overlooked. 



For some interesting and critical remarks on the authorship 

 of this work, see Adolphe de Puibusque, " Le Conte Lucanor : 

 traduit pour la premiere fois de I'Espagnol, et precede d'une 

 notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de I'auteur, Don Juan Manuel.'' 

 Paris. 1854. Svo. 



243. TOSTADO DE MADRIGAL (Alonzo). Libro 

 QUA TRATA DEL MODO que se ha de tener en curar 

 Halcones, Azores, y Gabilanes. Salamanca. 161 1. 



This treatise on Falcons, Goshawks, and Sparrow-hawks, com- 

 posed by a Bishop of Avila in the early part of the seventeenth 

 century, shows the attention which was formerly given to field 

 sports by ecclesiastics, although by the Spanish law they were 

 prohibited from taking an active part in them. See Nunez 

 de Avendano (No. 235). The MS. preserved in the National 



