Art of Falconry; Being the De Arte Venandi cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen
Contributors: Casey A. Wood (Translator); F. Marjorie Fyfe (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: June 1, 1943
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9780804703741
Subjects: Europe; Active outdoor pursuits; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Field Sports; Sports & Recreation / Field Sports; Sports & Recreation
First sentence: SINCE falconry is undoubtedly a variety of the chase, and as the art of hunting has numerous branches, each with its peculiar practices, we might consider in what both the art of venery, with all its subdivisions, and the actual practice of hunting consist.