Pteryplegia by Mr. Markland

Pteryplegia: the Art of Shooting-Flying

George Markland

Derrydale Press, 1931

Hardcover: Very Good. Cloth over light blue paper covered boards, sunning on front and back. Foxing on fep otherwise clean and tight.  #243 of 500 copies. The text, originally written in 1727 is a poem that describes techniques and experiences regarding shooting birds while they are in flight. B/W illustrations throughout. Front cover has a paste-on illustration of partridge nose-diving to earth. Quaint.