The art of hunting, or, Three hunting mss : a revised edition of The art of hunting by William Twici, huntsman to King Edward the Second, by H. Dryden, 1844 : The craft of venery : a translation of La chasse du cerf / edited by Alice Dryden.
Alternate Title(s):
Art of hunting
Published / Created:
Northampton : Printed by William Mark, Old Swan Yark Works, 1908.
Physical Description:
xii, 163 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The manuscript copy of The craft of venery, referred to in the present work as the Baker manuscript, is now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts, SK25 .T85 1450).
Contents:
Editor's preface -- Introduction -- Le art de venerie / par Guyllame Twici -- The art of hunting / William Twici -- Notes to The art of hunting -- Appendix: Hounds ; Hunting horns ; Hunting music ; Costume -- The craft of venery, Baker ms. -- La chasse du cerf : a poem written about MCCL / tr. into English by H.E.L. Dryden -- Sepulchral monuments -- Bibliography -- Corrigenda -- Index.