TELLIER, N. Grand album du chasseur. With text, music and drawings. Paris A. Meissonnier, Heugel [c. 1851] Obl. 4to: [2]-8-96-24 pp.; 16 (of 18) pl. (spotting, some pp. cut short in top shaving pagination). Contemp. quarter red shagreen, spine with raised bands (rubbed). "A hunter's vade-mecum crammed with remarks on the animals ordinarily encountered, their habits and how to hunt them, the various gun systems, information on powders, stories, etc.". (Thiébaud). Ill. with 16 lithogr. pl. by F. Grenier and F. Lehnart. With several hunting songs and music notation P.N. H1133. Ref. Thiébaud 282-4. - BnF. Prov. Stamp.

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