Lot 132
  • 132

Hunting books in German

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of eighteenth-century volumes in modern bindings, 10 volumes, comprising:
  • Paper
i. Fischer, Christophe. Fleissiges Herren-Auge, oder Kluger und wohl-abgerichter Hauss-Halter. Nuremberg: J.F. Rüdiger, 1719, 3 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece, engravings in text, modern half leather, some browning
ii. Göchhausen, Herrmann Friedrich von. Notabilia venatoris, oder Jagd- und Weidwercks-Anmerclungen. Weimar: S.H. Hoffmann, 1732; Göchhausen, H.F. von. Dreyfacher Anhang. Ibid., 1732; Wagner, Gottfried Jacob. Der in der Edlen Fischerey wohl-unterrichtende unterfahrne Fischer. Nuremberg: J. Albrecht, 1729, 3 works in one volume, 8vo, modern calf retaining old gilt armorial of Kunitz
iii. Grosskopff, Johann August. Neues und wohl eingerichtetes Forst- Jagd- und Weidewercks-Lexicon. Langensalza: J.C. Martini, 8vo, modern half morocco
iv. Heppe, Johann Christoph. Die jagdlust oder die hohe und niedere Jagd. Nuremberg: G.N. Raspe, 1783-1784, 3 volumes, 8vo, 21 engraved plates, modern half calf
v. Mellin, Graf August Wilhelm. Versuch einer Anweisung zur Anlegung, Verbesserung und Nutzung der Wildbahnen so wold im Freyen als in Thiergarten. Berlin and Stettin: Joachim Pauli, 1779, 4to, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, modern leather
vi. [Stahl, Johann Friedrich] Der vorsichtige und erfahrne Schütze und Jäger auf die Scheiben Lauf und Flug. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Cotta, 1760, 8vo, folding engraved plates, modern half leather, ex Bibliotheca Sterniana

Condition

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