Lot 131
  • 131

Hunting books in German

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 7 eighteenth-century volumes in contemporary bindings, comprising:
  • Paper
i. [Kretschmann, Karl Friedrich] Die Jägerinn. Ein Gedicht. Leipzig: Dyck, 1772, 8vo, engraved vignette on title-page, contemporary boards, bookplates of Schwerdt (sale, lot 1588) and Bibliotheca Tiliana (sale, lot 1340)
ii. Krünitz, Johann Georg. Oekonomische Encyclopädie... acht und zwanzigster Theil, von Ja bis Jam. Berlin: Joachim Pauli, 1783, 16 (of 17) engraved folding plates, contemporary calf-backed boards
iii. [Mellin, Graf August Wilhelm von] Versuch einer Anweisung zur Anlegung, Verbesserung und Nutzung der Wildbahnen so wohl im Freyen als in Thiergärten. Berlin and Stettin: Joachim Pauli, 1779, 4to, engravings, contemporary straight-grained green morocco gilt, gilt edges
iv. Pernauer, Ferdinand Adam von. Angenehme Land-lust... Abrichtung der Vogel... Frankfurt and Leipzig: Peter Conrad Monath, 1720, 8vo, 16 engraved plates by Mitelli, contemporary mottled calf
v. Schröder, Caspar. Neue Lustige und Vollständige Jagd-Kunst. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Ritschel, 1726, 8vo, engrave frontispiece, woodcuts, contemporary calf-backed boards
vi. Stisser, Friedrich Ulrich. Einleitung zur Land-Wirthschaft und Policey der Teutschen. Jena and Leipzig: widow of J.R. Cröker, 1746, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards
Das vollständige Jägerkabinet. Brno: Johann Georg Gastl, [c. 1780], 8vo, original boards with later red morocco lettering-piece

Condition

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