Jean CUSSAC

Jean CUSSAC
Pisciceptologie ou l'Art de la pêche à la ligne et aux filets ; discours sur les poissons, la manière de les prendre et de les accommoder, la pêche aux filets et autres instruments ; suivi d'un traité des étangs, viviers, fossés...
De l'imprimerie de Cussac| Paris 1816 | 10 x 17 cm| contemporary roan
First edition, rare, illustrated with a frontispiece and 28 plates, most with 2 or 3 figures.
Bound in contemporary, full, brown tree and mottled roan. Spine decorated with 2 fleurons and 2 panels, both grotesque. Title piece in beige morocco. Chafed upper spine. Worming along the foot of the upper joint. 3 worm holes on the upper board. Name of the owner at the foot: Moreau. A very small section missing at the top. Some pages with foxing. Plate XV was bound before plate XIV. Fine copy.
Practical manual of different types of fishing. The work is divided into 4 parts: The first is dedicated to everything related to line fishing, the second is culinary and includes a discourse on fish and the art of seasoning it, the third is the art of net fishing, the fourth offers a treatise on ponds, fishponds and reservoirs. The collection is made up of short, practical and detailed chapters. The index contains a glossary of fish names in several languages.