Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Falconry written by Adrian Walker and published by Derrydale Press. This book was released on 2000-01-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia contains some 1,500 terms and idioms, related to or connected with falconry, with explanations, derivations and notes. It is illustrated with photographs, figures, and reproductions of antiquarian prints and is believed to be the first attempt to catalog and review the complete language of falconry as used between the later Middle Ages and the present day. The Encyclopedia of Falconry will be a valuable addition to all reference collections by uniquely covering a subject with a long and distinguished history.