LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, Jean-Baptiste. - Vénerie normande ou l'école de la chasse aux chiens courants... - Rouen, Dumesnil, 1778
8vo. Contemp. calf, gilt spine; hinges split but firm. Some woodcut text illustrations and 19 woodcut plates, all but 3 folding, showing various animals and their spoors. XV, (1), 526, (2 blank) pp., including 14 pp. of engraved music for hunting tunes and fanfares; some light browning but one of the rare copies with the blank pp. 447/8.
Second and much enlarged edition of this classic work on hunting, containing also a noteworthy chapter on diseases and training of dogs. Schwerdt I, 313: «The blank leaf at pp.447/8, rarely found, is wanting in this copy». Souhart 298 & 299: «Ouvrage classique par excellence... Fort belle édition, plus commune mais plus complète que la première»
Euro1800
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