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[ORNITHOLOGY]. BELANY, James Cockburn. A Treatise Upon Falconry. Berwick–upon–Tweed: [William Wallace Fyfe for] the author, 1841.
2 parts in one volume, 8vo. Lacking frontispiece (supplied in a high–quality facsimile). With the 6pp. “Terms in Falconry” at end. Full modern niger, uncut.
FIRST EDITION of this scarce treatise containing observations and histories on falconry, and the types of hawks used in training and flying. Harting 64; Schwerdt, Vol. I:58.