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Pigeon breeding.- [Dinsdale (Joshua)] The Dove-Cote
Pigeon breeding.- [Dinsdale (Joshua)] The Dove-Cote: or, the art of breeding pigeons, a poem, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initial, title with some staining and a small chip at foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, [Foxon D315], 8vo, Printed for Joseph Davidson, at the Angel, in the Poultry, 1740.
⁂ A scarce poem which provides a practical guide to the housing, care, feeding and breeding of doves and pigeons. Attributed to Dinsdale by the conjunction of date, publisher, and subject. The Modern art of breeding bees, a poem, was published by Davidson in the same year with Dinsdale's name on the title (cf. Foxon).
Provenance: Edward Hailstone (1818-90), Yorkshire bibliophile. 'In 1871 Hailstone moved from Horton to Walton Hall, near Wakefield, where he lived as a recluse, savouring his library, which occupied the whole of the upper floor' (ODNB) (circular red leather armorial bookplate).
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Pigeon breeding.- [Dinsdale (Joshua)] The Dove-Cote: or, the art of breeding pigeons, a poem, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initial, title with some staining and a small chip at foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, [Foxon D315], 8vo, Printed for Joseph Davidson, at the Angel, in the Poultry, 1740.
⁂ A scarce poem which provides a practical guide to the housing, care, feeding and breeding of doves and pigeons. Attributed to Dinsdale by the conjunction of date, publisher, and subject. The Modern art of breeding bees, a poem, was published by Davidson in the same year with Dinsdale's name on the title (cf. Foxon).
Provenance: Edward Hailstone (1818-90), Yorkshire bibliophile. 'In 1871 Hailstone moved from Horton to Walton Hall, near Wakefield, where he lived as a recluse, savouring his library, which occupied the whole of the upper floor' (ODNB) (circular red leather armorial bookplate).
