The Wild-Fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical and Practical.
London. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1864. Hardcover. 8vo. 23cm, second edition, xxii,398,1p., ad., engraved frontis view &half-title with vignette and 11 engraved plates, 5 woodcuts, index,original pebbled green decorated cloth, gun dog in gilt on front,gilt spine titles & decoration, foxing to preliminaries & leafendings, very good to fine condition. ~ A major treatise onhunting wild-fowl with sections on all birds; decoys and capturing birds alive; shooting from various boats; and shooting inNorway, Orkney islands, Shetland Isles, St. Kilda, France, America(Lake Champlain), Persia, Russia, and India. First published in1859, he second edition has a new publisher but the author statesthat no alterations were necessary. Item #36796
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