Item #010645 The Hound and the Hawk: The Art of Medieval Hunting. John Cummins.

The Hound and the Hawk: The Art of Medieval Hunting

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Fine. Item #010645

Orig. green paper boards. x, 306 pp. [32] pp. B&W illustrations. Light bumping to extremities of dust jacket, else fine. Hunting was a training for war and a rite of manhood, a powerful and ritualistic pastime, the sport of kings. In vivid, engrossing detail, John Cummins shows us the appropriate methods for hunting all kinds of deer, boar, wolves, foxes, bear, otter, birds, hare -- even unicorn.

Price: $45.00

See all items in History, Hunting, Middle Ages
See all items by