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LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE (Jean-Baptiste-Jacques): The school of hunting with running dogs. Preceded by a historical and critical library of thereuticographs. Rouen, Nicolas and Richard Lallemant, 1763. 2 volumes in 1 volume. 12 by 19,5 cm. (2)-VIII-396-14 pages (Tons de chasse et fanfares) + 7 folding plates h.t. + 5 plates on 3 ff. h.t. + 12 plates on 6 ff. h.t. (complete) and CCXXVI-(2) pages (approval and privilege). Well executed full pastiche binding, 5 bindings. Very good condition of the binding. Some scattered foxing, paper of some plates and bands browned; small stamp of a private library in the lower margin of volume 1. First 10 leaves with a light wetness in the margin (hardly visible). First edition, of which the first part, or Bibliothèque historique et critique des auteurs qui ont traité de la chasse, is the work of the Lallemant brothers, printers and publishers of the work." (Thiebaud). 24 engravings on 16 fascinating plates, and 14 pages of fanfares with music. An essential book for the hunting collectors.
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LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE (Jean-Baptiste-Jacques): The school of hunting with running dogs. Preceded by a historical and critical library of thereuticographs. Rouen, Nicolas and Richard Lallemant, 1763. 2 volumes in 1 volume. 12 by 19,5 cm. (2)-VIII-396-14 pages (Tons de chasse et fanfares) + 7 folding plates h.t. + 5 plates on 3 ff. h.t. + 12 plates on 6 ff. h.t. (complete) and CCXXVI-(2) pages (approval and privilege). Well executed full pastiche binding, 5 bindings. Very good condition of the binding. Some scattered foxing, paper of some plates and bands browned; small stamp of a private library in the lower margin of volume 1. First 10 leaves with a light wetness in the margin (hardly visible). First edition, of which the first part, or Bibliothèque historique et critique des auteurs qui ont traité de la chasse, is the work of the Lallemant brothers, printers and publishers of the work." (Thiebaud). 24 engravings on 16 fascinating plates, and 14 pages of fanfares with music. An essential book for the hunting collectors.
