NOUVEAU TRAITEE DE VENERIE 1742 FIRST EDITION - HUNTING BOOK WRITTEN BY ANTOINE GAFFET DE LA BRIFFARDIERE

1742 First Edition - Hunting Book Written By Antoine Gaffet De La Briffardiere Specifically Looking At Hunting Deer, Wild Boar, Wolves, Hares And Foxes. With Some Notes The Horses And Dogs Suitable For Hunting And How To Look After Them. Title Page Reads: Nouveau Traitee De Venerie, Contenant La Chasse Du Cerf, Celles Du Chevreuil, Du Sanglier, Du Loup, Du Lievre Et Du Renard..... Publisher: Chez Mesnier, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue S. Severin, Au Soleil D'Or, Ou En Sa Boutique Au Palais, Grande Salle, Meme Enseigne, A Paris, 1742. Octavo. 18.4X12Cm. [Ii]+35+[1]+Xvi+14 Musi Script, (289-304 Omitted Misprinted As Per Schwerdt Bibliography)+[3]+ Gaffet'S Name Is On The Preface. Nouveau Traité Until Page 340. Maniére De Prendre Les Oiseaux A La Pipée Until 349. Maniére D’Elever Et De Dresser Les Chiens D’Arrét Until Page 382, And Finally Petit Traité De Fauconnerie Until Page 401. It Appears That This Copy Lacks 14 Pages At Rear Which Is Likely The Petit Traité De La Chasse Au Fusil - A Short Treatise Of Gun Shooting Listed In Schwerdt'S Bibliography Of Hunting Hawking And Shooting, 1928 Page 194. Thus, First Edition. Full Leather Binding. Red Speckled Page Edges. Worn Extremities Especially The Corners. Lacks First Free Endpaper. Previous Owner Has Written Copious Notes Particularly On The First And Last Few Pages Of Each Section. 14 Of 15 Plates Account For And Bound As Per Schwerdt. Lacks Plate Facinf Page 272 Pied Du Juenne Loups And Plate Facing Page 172 With Is Lacking Half The Plate. Most Folding Plates Have With Small 1-3Cm Tears To Joins, Occasionally Affecting The Image. The Plate 235 Has Been Torn In Half But Is Present.

Size: 18.9 x 12 x 4

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

991759+5

Location of item: 4-10 Keon Parade, Thomastown, VIC, Australia

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