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Author

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250.

Title The art of falconry, being the De arte venandi cum avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen; translated and edited by Casey A. Wood & F. Marjorie Fyfe.

Imprint

Stanford University, Calif., Stanford University Press; London, H. Milford, Oxford University Press [1943]

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	799.25 F914a c.2	---	Available

Description	cx, 637 p. plates, ports., maps, plans, facsims., geneal. tables, col. front., col. pl., port. 29 cm.
Contents	Foreword, by R. L. Wilbur.--Translators' introduction.--Manuscripts and editions of the De arte venandi cum avibus.--The castles and hunting lodges of Emperor Frederick II, by Cresswell Shearer.--The art of falconry, by Frederick II.--Appended material.--Favorite birds of the chase probably well known to the emperor.--Annotated roster of birds that are mentioned, depicted by, and were probably familiar to Emperor Frederick II.--An annotated bibliography of ancient, medieval, and modern falconry (p.[557]-609)--Glossary and index.
Subject	Falconry.
	Falconry -- Bibliography.
Added Author	Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942
	Fyfe, Florence Marjorie