Hansell, P. & J. Doves and Dovecotes. 1st. Ed. Pub. Millstream. 1988
pp.248 with colour & b/w. photos and line drawings throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This was the first substantial account of dovecotes and their inhabitants for 50 years. Chapters cover subjects including that of the bird itself, its culinary and medicinal use, early domestication, the first and later dovecotes in England and Wales, interiors, management, ruins and restoration.
£8.50 [Ref: 35022]