The boke of Saint Albans : containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote…

"The boke of Saint Albans: containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote..." is a compilation printed in 1486 that captures the essential knowledge for a gentleman of its era. Attributed partly to Juliana Berners, this work combines treatises on falconry, hunting, heraldry, and later angling. It features England's first color printing and introduced many collective nouns still used today. Drawing from French sources and older manuscripts, it became wildly popular through the sixteenth century, offering technical language, social hierarchies of raptors, and the virtues expected of the aristocratic sportsman. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Berners, Juliana, 1388?-
Author of introduction, etc. Blades, William, 1824-1890
Title The boke of Saint Albans : containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Alternate Title The book of St. Albans
Original Publication United Kingdom: Elliot Stock.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Saint_Albans
Credits Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 89.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
Subject Hunting -- Early works to 1800
Subject Falconry -- Early works to 1800
Subject Heraldry -- Early works to 1800
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EBook-No. 71266
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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