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Book/Printed Material Book of hawking, hunting, and heraldry.

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About this Item

Title

  • Book of hawking, hunting, and heraldry.

Names

  • Berners, Juliana, 1388?-
  • Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.
  • Sherwin, Henry Alden, 1842-1916, former owner.
  • Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder.
  • Leybourne Grange, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1496.

Headings

  • -  Falconry--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hunting--Early works to 1800
  • -  Heraldry--Early works to 1800
  • -  Fishing--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1496

Notes

  • -  Leaf [1b]: This present boke shewyth the manere of hawkynge & huntynge, and also of diuysynge of cote armours. It shewyth also a good matere belongynge to horses, wyth other co[m]mendable treatyses, and ferdermore of the blasynge of armys ...
  • -  Printed in black and red; coats of arms in black, red, and olive.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 574
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-1031
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2466
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4933 (variations)
  • -  "The treatyse of fysshinge wyth an angle": leaves [37b-48b].
  • -  LC copy imperfect: leaves [25], [67], and [74] supplied in facsimile; many leaves repaired. Coats of arms partly hand-colored.
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Leybourne Grange (bookplate); H.A. Sherwin (bookplate).
  • -  LC copy: Bound by F. Bedford.

Medium

  • [74] leaves. woodcuts: illus., coats of arms, initials, printer's device. 25.5 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1496 .B4 SK25

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031300

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Berners, Juliana, 1388?, Wynkyn De Worde, Henry Alden Sherwin, Francis Bedford, Former Owner Leybourne Grange, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Heraldry. Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1496. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031300/.

APA citation style:

Berners, J., Worde, W. D., Sherwin, H. A., Bedford, F., Leybourne Grange, F. O. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1496) Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Heraldry. Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031300/.

MLA citation style:

Berners, Juliana, 1388?, et al. Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Heraldry. Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1496. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48031300/>.