[FORTIN (François)]. Délices de la campagne, ou Ruses de la - Lot 25

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[FORTIN (François)]. Délices de la campagne, ou Ruses de la - Lot 25
[FORTIN (François)]. Délices de la campagne, ou Ruses de la chasse et de la pesche, où l'on voit comment on prendre toute sorte d'oiseaux & de bêtes à quatre pieds. Un traité de volerie & des oiseaux qui y servent. With the finest secrets of fishing, and how to make rets & nets. Augmenté d'un dictionnaire... Amsterdam, Michel Charles Le Cene, 1732. 2 volumes in one vol. in-12, 10 x 16 cm, XVI + 344 pp. with frontispiece and 55 plates & VI + 272 pp. with 38 ff. and 35 plates, contemporary German binding in brown calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs. This treatise by Brother Fortin describes net hunting, woodcock and lark hunting, trapping, falconry, deer hunting, dog training, fishing techniques and more. The engraved illustrations include a title-frontispiece and 90 plates, 9 of which are folded. From the libraries of Rudolph Count von Abensperg und Traun (1728-1791, Austria), with his heraldic bookplate, and Kurt Lindner (Jagdbibliothek... Bibliotheca Tiliana, bookplate and seal), the most important German collection of hunting books. From the hunting library of Javier López de Ceballos (1945-2023), with his bookplate. Minor worm damage to first few leaves. Old restoration to two plates. Heads and spines restored. Tarnished gilt on spine. Thiébaud 411. Expert : Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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