342 - Hunting - Mellin, August Wilhelm von. An Attempt at a Guide to the Construction, Improvement, and Use of Game Trails, Both in the Open and in Game Reserves. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title vignette, an engraved coat-of-arms plate, and 118 text plates. Berlin and Stettin, Pauli, 1779. XXI, 356 pp. 24.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding with spine label (slightly rubbed and stained).

Hunting - Mellin, August Wilhelm von. An Attempt at a Guide to the Construction, Improvement, and Use of Game Trails, Both in the Open and in Game Reserves. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title vignette, an engraved coat-of-arms plate, and 118 text plates. Berlin and Stettin, Pauli, 1779. XXI, 356 pp. 24.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding with spine label (slightly rubbed and stained). First edition, published anonymously. - Lindner 11, 1427, 01 - Lipperheide 1965 Tf 19 - Schwerdt, Hunting II, 22. - The copperplate engravings by Mellin, Ridinger, and other artists, based on the author’s original drawings, include, among other things, proposals for the design of animal parks with plans and floor plans, various species of game and their tracks, antlers, hunting dogs, trapping devices, transport equipment, hunting rifles, hunting horns, and different types of hunting. - Slightly stained or browned. - A good copy with wide margins. *