The noble art of venerie or hunting. : Wherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill euery one of them. Translated & collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approoued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here in this noble realme of Great Britaine.
1611
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Title
The noble art of venerie or hunting. : Wherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill euery one of them. Translated & collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approoued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here in this noble realme of Great Britaine.
Uniform title
Vénerie.
Created/published
At London : Printed by Thomas Purfoot, An. Dom. 1611.
Description
[8], 200, [4], 201-204, 207-250, [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts), music ; (4to)
Associated name
Note
By George Gascoigne, whose name appears on [par.]3v.
An adaptation of: Fouilloux, Jacques du. La vénerie.
Partly in verse.
Usually bound with an edition of "The booke of falconrie or hawking" by George Turberville, to whom this work is sometimes attributed.
The first leaf is blank.
Plates for this work are reused from the 1575 edition (STC 24328); the only difference is that plates on F6r and I3r were altered with the figure of Elizabeth (STC 24328) replaced by James (STC 24329) -- DFo.
Running title reads: The booke of hunting.
The last two leaves contain bugle calls.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-M⁸ N¹⁰ O-P⁸ Q⁴ R².
An adaptation of: Fouilloux, Jacques du. La vénerie.
Partly in verse.
Usually bound with an edition of "The booke of falconrie or hawking" by George Turberville, to whom this work is sometimes attributed.
The first leaf is blank.
Plates for this work are reused from the 1575 edition (STC 24328); the only difference is that plates on F6r and I3r were altered with the figure of Elizabeth (STC 24328) replaced by James (STC 24329) -- DFo.
Running title reads: The booke of hunting.
The last two leaves contain bugle calls.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-M⁸ N¹⁰ O-P⁸ Q⁴ R².
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copy 2.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24329
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118822
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118822
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Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 24329 copy 1
Folger-specific note
134757. (Re-bound by R. Lunow; formerly with: The book of falconerie or havvking. London, 1611 (shelf-mark STC 24325).) Wanting the blank leaf. Title leaf cropped, with loss of bottom line of imprint. Print show-through. Provenance: Sir Thomas Thornhill copy (the engraved armorial bookplate in shelf-mark STC 24329)
Call number
STC 24329 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH206/7. Bound in polished calf; with a gilt-stamped spine title: "Hunting / Gascoigne / 1611" and marbled endpapers. Imperfect: wanting the blank leaf and sig.R (i.e. the final two leaves containing the bugle calls). Manuscript drawing on E6r; manuscript notes, partially cropped, on K8v. Print show-through. Poorly inked periodically; stained, affecting text. Provenance: armorial bookplates (one partially covered) of William Phelps; armorial bookplate of A. W. Clifford (motto "dulcis amor patriae"); manuscript note on front free endpaper: "Sotheby (?) R/k"; Harmsworth copy