FORTIN DE GRANDMONT, LES RUSES INNOCENTES, THREE EDITIONS FROM 1660, 1688 AND 1695, 3 VOLUMES

Les ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prend les Oyseaux passagers, & les non passagers, & de plusieurs sortes de Bestes à quatre pieds. Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1660, FIRST EDITION, 4to (252 x 192mm.), title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 66 woodcut plates (4 folding and 4 double-page), modern crushed burgundy morocco by Mouchon, top edge gilt, bookplate of Pierre Mouchon, plates slightly shaved, folding plates with small tears at fold, text rubbed at foot of Aa1 Les ruses innocentes. Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1688, third edition, 4to (283 x 208mm.), title printed in red and black, 66 woodcut plates (9 folding), contemporary calf, spine gilt, 4 folding plates with modern tape strengthening at fold, one with old tear repaired, binding slightly rubbed, rebacked retaining most of original spine Les ruses innocentes. Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1695, 8vo (173 x 105mm.), additional engraved title-page, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 66 engraved plates (9 folding), old vellum, inscriptions by Levin Adolf, A.C. Hake and J.W. Hake, a few small stains, lower cover very stained together 3 volumes

Schwerdt I:180, I:181, I:195

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