Berners, Dame Juliana

Three parts in one volume, 4to (7 x 5 in.; 178 x 127 mm). First leaf is blank except for large signature mark "A," separate title-pages for A Treatise of Hunting and The Booke of Armorie, dated 1595 and naming Simmes printer, foliation and register are continuous but with foliation error beginning in quire Q, blank leaves L3–4 present,  116 woodcut arms with arms on R1 being a cancel, metal and woodcut initials; washed and pressed with residual dampstaining to inner margins, particularly in parts I and III, rust holes O1 costing some letters in 4 words, repairs to lower inside margins of 2D1–2, lower half of 2D3 torn away with loss of text, lacks final blank. Modern cognac morocco, spine stamped in blind, plain endpapers, edges stained red.

STC 3314; ESTC S103621; Schwerdt 2:12

Revised from the first edition (1486) by Gervase Markham. It was never republished. The first book addresses falconry and provides remedies for the diseases of hawks; the second examines the hunting of deer, boar, and hare and supplies a list of hunting terms; and the third book constitutes a full account of heraldry.