(Jean-Baptiste-Jacques) Venerie Normande, ou l'Ecole de la Chasse aux Chiens Courants, second edition, half-title, 16 folding woodcut plates (6 double-sided), 5 half-page woodcut illustrations of antlers, 14pp. of engraved music ('Tons de chasse et fanfares'), first plate with short repaired tear, occasional spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Earl of Kintore, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with a red moroco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Schwerdt I, p.313; Thiébaud 589-90], Rouen,Laurent Dumesnil, 1778; and a defective 2 vol. set (lacking a plate) of his L'Ecole de la Chasse, 1763, 8vo (3) *** 'le texte definitif' (Thiébaud) of a work that Schwerdt 'ranks with the classics on hunting'. Includes hares, deer, wolves and foxes.
(Jean-Baptiste-Jacques) Venerie Normande, ou l'Ecole de la Chasse aux Chiens Courants, second edition, half-title, 16 folding woodcut plates (6 double-sided), 5 half-page woodcut illustrations of antlers, 14pp. of engraved music ('Tons de chasse et fanfares'), first plate with short repaired tear, occasional spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Earl of Kintore, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with a red moroco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Schwerdt I, p.313; Thiébaud 589-90], Rouen,Laurent Dumesnil, 1778; and a defective 2 vol. set (lacking a plate) of his L'Ecole de la Chasse, 1763, 8vo (3) *** 'le texte definitif' (Thiébaud) of a work that Schwerdt 'ranks with the classics on hunting'. Includes hares, deer, wolves and foxes.
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