Schlegel, Hermann, and A.H. Verster de Wulverhorst

FIRST EDITION, large folio (722 x 527mm.), 56pp. text (1-56pp. of 'Des termes de fauconnerie', only),  2 hand-coloured lithographed plates of hawking equipment after and by Portman and von Wouw, 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates of birds of prey after J. Wolf by Wendel, 2 original wrappers (dated 1845 and 1847), loose in clamshell case, minor spotting to text and a few plates, repairs to wrappers, lacking: lithographed title, approximately 46 pp., and 4 lithographed plates (2 of hunting, 2 of birds of prey)

[with 2 facsimile editions] Traité de fauconnerie. London: Pion Limited, 1979. Large folio (676 x 493mm.), LIMITED EDITION, number 37 of 250, 17 plates (including title), half maroon morocco over cloth boards by A.W. Lumsden, gilt, introductory booklet by Gavin Bridson loosely inserted
Falcons: Facsimiles of Plates in Traité de fauconnerie by H. Schlegel and A. H. Verster de Wulverhorst. [London: Pion Limited, 1979]. Large folio (676 x 500mm.) 17 plates (including title) loose in red cloth portfolio, label to upper cover, with ties



sold not subject to return

Harting 194; Nissen, IVB 832; Schwerdt 2:150

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"The finest work on falconry which has ever been produced; not only on account of the beauty of the plates, wherein the hawks are depicted life-size and of the natural colours, but also for the general accuracy of the letterpress" (Harting).

Wolf’s falcon plates established his reputation as a bird artist and led to commissions from many other of the most noted ornithological authors of the day, including Elliot and Gould. Gould, in fact owned Wolf’s original watercolour for the plate of the Greenland falcon.