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[Fortin de Grandmont, François]
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Les ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prend les oyseaux passagers, & les non passagers: & de plusieurs sortes de bestes à quatre pieds. Avec les plus beaux secrets de la pesche dans les rivières & dans les étangs... par F.F.F.R.D.G. Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1660
5 parts in one volume, 4to (269 x 202mm.), issue with author's initials only on title, title printed in red and black, 66 woodcut plates (some folding), woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, contemporary vellum, some light soiling
Literature
Thiébaud 408; Schwerdt i, 180-181; Harting 161; Souhart 636; Jeanson i 232
Catalogue Note
first edition of one of the most famous works on hunting and fishing, which became a vital source for later writers on the subject. A variant issue gives the author's name in full on the title-page.